Barr has spoken to January 6 committee, chairman says
Melissa Quinn - 51m ago
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Washington — An individual close to former Attorney General Bill Barr has confirmed that the House select committee investigating January 6 contacted Barr for what was described as an informal conversation to see if he knew of any information related to the attack on the Capitol that day or the actions of former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clarke.
CBS News has learned that Barr said he did not have any visibility into the events of January 6 or the work Clarke was doing, and he did not feel that he has much information that could be useful to the committee. His last day at the Justice Department was December 23, 2020.
Congressman Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House select committee investigating the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, revealed Sunday that Barr had spoken with investigators.
"We've had conversations with the former attorney general already. We have talked to Department of Defense individuals," Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, said in an interview with "Face the Nation" when asked if the committee intended to speak with Barr about a draft executive order reportedly given to former President Donald Trump that would have directed the Defense Department to seize voting machines after he lost the 2020 election.
"We are concerned that our military was part of this big lie on promoting that the election was false. So, if you are using the military to potentially seize voting machines, even though it's a discussion, the public needs to know. We've never had that before," he continued.