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Barr, a vocal Trump critic, says he will ‘support the Republican ticket’ in November

Former attorney general previously said voting for Trump would be “playing Russian roulette with the country,” but said Wednesday that a “continuation of the Biden administration is national suicide”

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Updated April 17, 2024 at 1:58 p.m. EDT|Published April 17, 2024 at 1:02 p.m. EDT
“I’ve said all along, given two bad choices, I think it’s my duty to pick the person I think would do the least harm to the country, and in my mind, that’s — I will vote the Republican ticket,” said William P. Barr, who served as attorney general under Donald Trump. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
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Former attorney general William P. Barr effectively endorsed former president Donald Trump on Wednesday, despite having previously criticized Trump’s conduct while in office and once comparing him to a “defiant, 9-year-old kid.”

Asked Wednesday whether he would vote for Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, in November, Barr told Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom” that he would vote for the Republican ticket.