The news story that caused former President Donald Trump to throw his lunch against the wall came from an exclusive interview that former Attorney General William Barr had arranged with The Associated Press.
According to the scoop, Barr said there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could affect the outcome of the 2020 election. It was a bombshell that was contrary to what Trump had been saying.
Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide, testified on Tuesday that she heard noise in the hallway around the time the AP interview was published.
There was a door open in the West Wing dining room where Trump had eaten.
When he motioned for me to come in, he pointed towards the front of the room, where there was a broken porcelain plate on the floor.
She said that the valet told her that Trump threw his lunch against the wall because he was upset with Barr.
She grabbed a towel to clean up the mess.
The story was written by Michael Balsamo, who was told a day before that Barr wanted him to come in for lunch. Barr told the committee that he felt it was time to speak out about the voter fraud claims.
When Barr said there was no evidence of voter fraud, Balsamo asked him to repeat it, and he did. He reported his story to the Justice Department after lunch.
AP editors had no comment on Hutchinson's testimony.
After the interview, Barr went to the White House for a meeting with Trump's chief of staff, MarkMeadows, for whom Hutchinson was a special assistant.
Barr said in his videotaped testimony that he thought he would be fired and that he would have to leave.
He was asked to see Trump, who he said was as angry as he's ever seen him.
The attorney general resigned soon after.
During his testimony before the committee, Barr said, "My opinion then and my opinion now is the election was not stolen by fraud, and I haven't seen anything since that election that makes me change my mind on that."
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