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The US attorney general has quit weeks after contradicting Trump's election fraud claims, as the US records 300,000 Covid deaths

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The US attorney general and Trump ally, William Barr, has resigned, weeks after he contradicted the president over claims of voter fraud. Barr revealed that the justice department had not found any evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, and speculation that he might leave the White House began almost immediately afterwards. Barr is the latest senior official to leave the White House after challenging president's alternate reality; the top US cybersecurity expert, Christopher Krebs, was terminated" last month for vouching for the reliability of the 2020 election.