Donald Trump announces DOJ Attorney General William Barr's resignation

In his refusal to concede and accept defeat, Donald Trump has pushed to contest the results in the hopes of overturning the election and gain a second term. However, in his last several weeks in office, Trump has announced the resignation of one of his closest allies.

Trump announced that Attorney General William Barr of the Justice Department will be resigning from his post which will take effect shortly before the Christmas holidays. Barr’s departure follows the simmering tensions between him and the outgoing president, especially after refuting the claims of election fraud as there is no evidence. Barr submitted his resignation on Monday at the White House, leading to Trump announcing his departure on social media.

“As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family,” tweeted Trump.

The outgoing president has recently blasted Barr for his statement that the Justice Department found no evidence of widespread fraud that occurred during the elections. Barr’s comment follows former officials who have also found no evidence of fraud and the string of unsuccessful lawsuits in key states. Trump also blasted Barr for not performing an investigation into Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden’s business dealings prior to the elections. With Barr stepping down, Trump’s allies are slowly dwindling in his crusade to overturn the election results.

Barr’s departure also leaves speculation regarding the investigation of Hunter Biden’s taxes. Nevertheless, Trump has since announced that Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen would become the Acting Attorney General until Biden announces his pick for the post in the coming weeks.

With the electoral college formalizing the results that named Biden the winner and incoming president, Trump has also lost the lawsuit he filed in Wisconsin. The judges at the state dismissed the lawsuit filed by Trump towards the state’s elections commission. The judge presiding, Brett Ludwig, who was appointed by Trump, cited the dismissal “with prejudice” as there was no merit to Trump’s claims.

“A sitting president who did not prevail in his bid for reelection has asked for federal court help in setting aside the popular vote based on disputed issues of election administration, issues he plainly could have raised before the vote occurred,” wrote Ludwig. “This Court has allowed the plaintiff to make his case and he has lost on the merits…”