Barr: ‘I didn’t view’ Jan. 6 as an insurrection

Source: The Hill | March 7, 2022 | Dominick Mastrangelo

Former Attorney General William Barr said this week he does not believe the Jan. 6, 2021, attack carried out on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Trump amounts to an insurrection.

“I didn’t view it as an insurrection. I mean, I think it was a riot that got out of control,” Barr said during an interview with National Public Radio that was published on Monday. 

When asked about calls from the mob that came to the Capitol that day to hang Vice President Mike Pence, Barr he “thought that that was essentially a propaganda-type thing.” 

Barr has granted a number of interviews to promote his forthcoming book about his time serving as Trump’s attorney general.

Last week, he sat with NBC News anchor Lester Holt for a wide-ranging conversation about serving under Trump, the 2020 election and special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference, his handling of which was widely criticized by Democrats and the media.

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