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The following is a transcript of an interview with former Attorney General William Barr that aired on "Face the Nation" on Aug. 6, 2023.
MAJOR GARRETT: We turn now to Bill Barr, who served as former president's attorney general until he resigned following the 2020 election. Bill, it's good to see you.
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR: Good to see you.
MAJOR GARRETT: Last time you're on the show, you said "the January 6 case will be a hard case to make because of First Amendment interest." Having read the indictment, is that still your view?
FMR. ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR: Well, it's- it's certainly a challenging case, but I don't I don't think it runs afoul of the First Amendment. There's a lot of confusion about this out there. Maybe I can crystallize it. This involved a situation where the states had already made the official and authoritative determination as to who won in those states, and they sent the votes and certified them to Congress. The allegation essentially by the government is that at that point, the president conspired, entered into a plan, a scheme, that involved a lot of deceit, the object of which was to erase those votes, to nullify those lawful votes.
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