• Barr had dismissed Trump’s claims of significant voter fraud
  • Critics said he made justice department tool of White House

The US attorney general, William Barr, has stepped down from the Trump administration, despite long being seen as a loyalist to the president and who faced accusations throughout his tenure that he had turned the Department of Justice (DoJ) into an obedient servant of the White House.

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