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The former Attorney General noted that Trump had no interest in what the facts were.

Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen will become acting attorney general, Trump said.

Barr said U.S. attorneys and the FBI have looked into specific allegations but they have found nothing that would affect the outcome of the election.

Richard Pilger said Barr’s memorandum breaks with the Justice Department’s policy on avoiding interference with elections that has stood for 40 years.

In his memo, AG William Barr cautioned that the authorization should not be taken as an indication that the Justice Department has found any voting irregularities that would impact the outcome of the election,

In remarks Wednesday to a largely conservative audience celebrating Constitution Day at Hillsdale College, the leader of the Justice Department asserted that he’s the one who should make the big calls in cases of national interest.

Attorney William Barr pushed his U.S. attorneys to bring federal charges whenever they could, according to officials with knowledge of last week’s call who were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity.

He said he did not want the operation to become a replay of the ongoing unrest in Portland, Ore.