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William Barr Flatly Contradicts Trump's Story That He Was In His Bunker For 'Inspection'

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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President insisted last week that he was down in his protective White House bunker for a Not true, Attorney General spilled Monday: The president was there for.“Things were so bad that the Secret Service recommended the president go down to the bunker,” Barr told Bret Baier on .AdvertisementBarr revealed the news angrily, insisting that the president was in danger. “We can’t have that in our country,” he added, apparently forgetting he had just contradicted his boss.Baier: If you had to do Monday over again, would you do something different?Barr: Based on what I know now, no... Things were so bad, the secret service recommended the President go down to the bunker. We can’t have that in our country. — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn)“I was there for a tiny, little short period of time,” Trump said in with ’ Brian Kilmeade last Wednesday. “And it was much more for an inspection.” He added: “I’ve gone down two or three times ― all for inspection. And you go there, some day you may need it. ... I went down, I looked at it.” Trump was reportedly rushed by the Secret Service to the underground Presidential Emergency Operations Center on May 29 as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the White House during nationwide demonstrations triggered by the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Trump , which was designed for use in emergencies, such as terrorist attacks.The bunker stay leaked to the media two days later, and Trump came up with an alternative story for his visit to the secure hideaway. CNN reported Trump was so incensed that news coverage characterized him as being during protests that he wanted to be seen outside the White House gates.The day after the bunker visit leaked, he declared himself the law-and-order president who would in a Rose Garden statement. He then strode across the street to a church after law enforcement cleared the way for him by bashing and gassing peaceful protesters who had been gathered outside the White House.Barr contradicts president's false claim that he went to the bunker during the day to "inspect." Barr confirms and me that it was in the evening, and in response to protests, in interview with — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT)AdvertisementSuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President insisted last week that he was down in his protective White House bunker for a Not true, Attorney General spilled Monday: The president was there for.“Things were so bad that the Secret Service recommended the president go down to the bunker,” Barr told Bret Baier on .AdvertisementBarr revealed the news angrily, insisting that the president was in danger. “We can’t have that in our country,” he added, apparently forgetting he had just contradicted his boss.Baier: If you had to do Monday over again,...

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