Always remember that any story by the MSM must be considered suspect. The most recent is the alleged quote by William Barr that the DOJ has no Evidence of Fraud affecting 2020 Election outcome. That, of course, has been trumpeted in the MSM as proof that Trump’s allegations of massive fraud are based on no evidence.

However, I never judge someone by quotes in the MSM since these are so often distorted and misrepresented. So before responded to this, I went back and looked at the interview of William Barr by Wolf Blitzer. In that interview, Barr said:

“Elections that have been held with mail have found substantial fraud and coercion.”

Then I went back and read the exact quote in the AP:

Disputing Trump, Barr says no widespread election fraud (apnews.com)

U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have been working to follow up specific complaints and information they’ve received, but they’ve uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election. “To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,

To put this in perspective, last month Barr issued a directive to U.S. attorneys across the country allowing them to pursue any “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities, if they existed, before the 2020 presidential election was certified.

This reminds me of a serious limitation in the English language. English uses the word we to mean very different things. For example, I might talk to a client and say: “we are independent agents.” We, in that case, includes our agency associates, but does not include the person being talked to. But we can also mean everyone present. For example, if there is a fire, I might say “we need to leave now!” In that case, we means everyone there.

One of the things I noticed is that Trump did not criticize Barr. Neither did Rudy Giuliani. The statement by Giuliani said: “with all due respect to the Attorney General, there hasn’t been any semblance of a Department of Justice investigation.

So, the question is, what did Barr mean by “we.” He certainly meant the U.S. attorneys and FBI agents. He was saying that these guys did not uncover any evidence that would change the outcome of the election. But that “we” would not necessarily include other investigations, done by other people. If Barr really believed that mail-in voting would result in massive fraud, he just may have authorized someone else to investigate. A secret unit like that used to catch people like Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames. If such a unit existed, the U.S. attorneys and the FBI agents mentioned by Barr might not even know it existed. And when he says “we” have not seen fraud on a massive scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election, it really matters who he meant by “we.”

I honestly don’t know what William Barr meant by “we,” but I do know that President Trump did not criticize William Barr, he criticized the DOJ. Catherine Herridge, who is a well-connected investigative reporter tweeted:

“from a DOJ spokesperson: “Some media outlets have incorrectly reported that the Department has concluded its investigation of election fraud and announced an affirmative finding of no fraud in the election. That is not what the Associate Press report nor what the Attorney General states. The Department will continue to receive and vigorously pursue all specific and credible allegations of fraud as expeditiously as possible.”

Barr also made John Durham a Special Counsel before the election. That means if Biden is the next President, he is going to be greeting by a Special Counsel. Republicans are almost certainly going to demand that the Hunter Biden tapes be included within the scope of the Special Counsel investigation. That is inconsistent with Barr being part of the cover-up.

There is a lot happening. A lot of evidence is being presented. Whistleblowers are surfacing. More and more data is being presented that appears to document fraud. We should not discount such analysis, because there are people in jail today because of similar forensic analysis.

The point being, that it would be naïve to assume that William Barr has crossed over to the dark side. Instead we should pay attention not only to what he said, but perhaps more importantly what he did not say. I wouldn’t be surprised if we hear a lot more from William Barr before this election is finalized.

TDM