Attorney General William Barr on Monday contradicted President Trump and sided with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in blaming the Russians for a major hack into American government systems that compromised several major agencies. The Russians, it was revealed earlier this month, hacked into SolarWinds, a software company that manages information technology infrastructures. Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of... discussing the possibility that it may be China (it may!)." Barr came under fire from Trump and his allies after that comment and Trump in a tweet later announced Barr's resignation before Christmas. "If I thought a special counsel at this stage was the right tool and was appropriate I would name one," Barr said on the suggestion of Powell as a special counsel.

Source: Fox News December 21, 2020 18:21 UTC