Trump Wants Special Counsel to Investigate ’The Most Corrupt Election’ in US History

By Staff, Agencies

Outgoing US President Trump doubled down on his earlier calls to appoint a Special Counsel to investigate “voter fraud” claims in Novembers US presidential election.

On the same day Attorney General William Barr was set to leave his post, Trump tweeted that he disagrees with those who do not believe that an independent agency is “immediately” needed to probe the alleged cases of fraud, while reiterating his message that the 2020 presidential election has been “the most corrupt” in the history of the United States.

A Special Counsel is usually set up as an agency to investigate particular instances of alleged illegality if it is believed that using usual prosecutors may result in a conflict of interest.

William Barr, who was set to vacate his seat on 23 December, said during a Monday press conference that he was not planning to appoint a special counsel to review claims raised by the president and many of his supporters that the election victory was stolen from Trump through widespread fraud, ballot tampering or forgery via Dominion Voting Systems.

During the press event, Barr said that he stood by his earlier statement that there was no evidence of systematic fraud in the election that could have significantly influenced the outcome. He also said that there was “no basis” for the federal government to confiscate voting machines that were used on 3 November.