Capitol riots inquiry: Trump was detached from reality, says Ex-AG

Washington: At the ongoing inquiry into the January 2021 Capitol Hill riot, former US Attorney General William Barr said he thought that Donald Trump was “detached from reality” following the 2020 presidential election.
Barr’s remarks were part of his video testimony played during Monday’s session of the House select committee’s inquiry which is seeking to show that the Trump’s election fraud claims directly led to the riot, the BBC reported.
The former Attorney General went on to say that he had repeatedly told Trump there was no basis to claims of rigged voting machines or ballot “dumps”, which Barr referred to as “crazy stuff”.
Trump continued to spread fraud claims, says Barr The former President, however, refused to acknowledge these concerns and continued to spread fraud claims, the BBC quoted Barr as saying, adding that he was “demoralised” by Trump’s claims.
“I thought, ‘Boy if he really believes this stuff, he has lost contact with, he’s become detached from reality, if he really believes this stuff’,” he added.
On behalf of Trump’s former campaign manager Bill Stepien, another key witness who was scheduled to appear on Monday but could not, his lawyer gave a statement that members of the former President’s inner circle had advised him to not declare victory in the November 2020 election.