Former Attorney General Bill Barr says Trump would not listen when he told him election fraud claims were false

Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr is seen on video during his deposition for the public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

According to testimony presented Monday, former Attorney General William Barr picked apart claims of widespread fraud during his conversations with President Donald Trump.

Trump's election fraud claims were portrayed as farcical by Barr. Trump was portrayed as unwilling to believe false claims about the election results by Barr when he was attorney general.

According to Barr, after the election, Trump didn't seem to be listening.

There was no widespread election fraud stated by Barr in an interview. He stepped down from his job.

During his testimony, Barr said that the false claims about the election contributed to him leaving the administration.

The efforts by Trump and his allies to spread false fraud claims after the 2020 election were detailed in Barr's testimony. Lawmakers were forced to flee as a mob of Trump supporters attacked the Capitol, believing the election was stolen.

Trump has claimed that the election was rigged and that he was the one who stole it. He isn't ruling out a run for president in 2024.

After the election, Barr met with the president in the White House. As soon as the facts were out, the results of the election would be reversed. The Department of Justice doesn't believe it has a role to play in investigating fraud claims, according to Barr.

The DOJ doesn't take sides in elections and isn't an extension of your legal team according to Barr.

The president's son-in-law and senior advisor, as well as the president's chief of staff, spoke with Barr after that gathering. According to the former attorney general, the two people suggested to him that Trump was coming around to the fact that the election was lost.

The Department of Justice was ripped by Donald Trump on Fox News.

If Trump really believes this stuff, he has lost contact with reality, so I was demoralized.

Trump met with his attorney general at the White House a second time after Barr spoke to the AP.

According to Barr, the attorney general told the president that the claims of fraud were false. They spent a whole month on the voting machines and they were stupid.

Kevin Breuninger worked for CNBC.