Barr says no evidence of fraud that would change US election outcome – live ed.4
‘We have not seen fraud that could have effected a different outcome'Trump and Giuliani reportedly discussed ‘pre-emptive pardon'Bipartisan group pitches $908bn Covid-19 relief to break deadlockSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 11.38pm GMT The heavy redactions in the “bribery-for-pardon scheme†court filing make it impossible to discern the individuals involved, but there are a few hints. First, one of the individuals involved is an attorney, though the government is arguing that there is no attorney-client privilege because there was no attorney-client relationship. 11.28pm GMT The Department of Justice is investigating a potentially criminal scheme to lobby and bribe unnamed officials in exchange for a presidential pardon, according to a newly unsealed court document. The heavily redacted filing relates to a search of various digital devices that uncovered potential evidence of both a “secret lobbying scheme†and a “related bribery conspiracy scheme†by individuals whose names are redacted.
