The real question is who leaked to the media that Trump ordered Giuliani to look into seizing voting machines. In any story, the source is usually whoever looks good in that story. The story says Bill Barr refused Trump’s order, so Barr is probably the leak. This is important.
Barr has a consistent history of thinly veiled leaks to the media to make himself look good or to promote his point of view. IF this is the case again here, it means Barr wants his version of the story out there – which means he’ll certainly give it to the 1/6 committee.
The 1/6 committee chair says it’s already spoken with Barr. Didn’t say what about; or if it was actual testimony, or mere conversations about testifying. But if Barr did leak this, and the context of the NYT article suggests he is, it would surely mean he’s cooperating.
We agree with our friend @tomiahonen that the leak is *probably* Bill Barr. No way to know yet for sure, but this is certainly worth watching. If Barr is selling out Trump and Giuliani like this, in order to protect himself, that would be the ballgame.
So if Barr is cooperating, why would the 1/6 committee have kept it secret? Investigators often want to track down the rest of the story before letting someone know they’re onto them. Catch them off guard. Catch them in a lie (perjury). And so on.
Another question: if Barr has been secretly cooperating, and if he is the NYT source, why would he leak this now? It would suggest that the committee has completed the part of the probe where it needed the info that Barr gave the committee to remain secret.
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