Bill Barr closed his final day as Attorney General on Wednesday, writing in a suicide note that “it was a great honor” to serve.
“As I told the president in my letter of departure and repeatedly during my last press conference on Monday, it was a great honor to serve in this role again,” wrote Barr, who was attorney general in the George HW Bush administration.
“Over the past two years, the dedicated men and women of this department – including its operational components – have risen to meet historic challenges and uphold our essential mission to uphold the rule of law,” Barr said in the note.
“I am constantly inspired by your professionalism and excellent work.
As I did 30 years ago, I leave this office with deep respect for you, and I will always be grateful for your devoted service to the nation we love, ”he continued.
Barr’s resignation was announced in a tweet from President Trump last Monday after the two argued over whether there was fraud in the 2020 presidential election and Barr failed to inform Congress of an existing investigation into the president-elect’s son. Joe Biden, Hunter Biden.
Trump announced that Barr was stepping down just after the Electoral College declared Biden to be the winner of the election.
In his letter of resignation, Barr praised Trump for enduring attacks from Democrats allegations during his four years.
“Your track record is all the more historic because you achieved it despite relentless, unrelenting resistance,” Barr wrote to Trump.
“Your victory speech in 2016, in which you reach out to your opponents and call on your opponents to work together on behalf of the American people, was immediately received by a partisan attack against you in which no tactics, however insulting and deceptive, were off limits. The low point of this campaign was the attempt to paralyze, if not depose, your government with lunatic and baseless allegations of collusion with Russia, ”Barr wrote in the letter.
Barr, who came out of retirement in December 2018 to lead the Justice Department, at a final press conference on Monday, shot down the need to appoint special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden or to rule out the claims of voter fraud in the election. to investigate.
“I think as far as there is an investigation, I think it is currently being handled responsibly and professionally in the department and so far I have seen no reason to appoint special counsel and I do not intend to do so. do it before I leave, ”Barr said.
The president-elect’s son confirmed earlier this month that he is under investigation for possible tax fraud.
The Post revealed Hunter Biden’s suspicious business transactions in Ukraine and China in October.
Barr will be replaced in the acting capacity by Deputy Attorney General Jeffery Rosen.
With pole wires