Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday undermined a key pillar of his old boss� defense in the special counsel�s probe into 2020 election interference, telling CNN�s Kaitlan Collins that Donald Trump �knew well he lost the election.�

The former attorney general also described Trump�s alleged actions as detailed in the indictment as �nauseating� and �despicable,� saying on �The Source,� �someone who engaged in that kind of bullying about a process that is fundamental to our system and to our self-government shouldn�t be anywhere near the Oval Office.�

A central premise of the special counsel�s case is that Trump knew the election claims he was making were false after being told by several close aides that he had lost the election. Trump�s lawyers have argued that his statements were protected under the First Amendment, a position that Barr, in his first interview since Trump�s third indictment, said was not a valid argument.

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