Inside Barr's resignation

1 big thing

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🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Tensions between President Trump and Attorney General William Barr have been running high for weeks. They came to a head on Monday when Trump tweeted that Barr will resign from his post before Christmas, moments after the Electoral College affirmed President-elect Joe Biden's election victory. Plus, could 2020 be the end of pro-democracy movements in Hong Kong? And, what happens if the job you lost during the pandemic won’t come back. Guests: Axios' Jonathan Swan, Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and Erica Pandey. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Carol Wu, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: Trump says Attorney General Bill Barr is resigning Hong Kong's worst case scenario is happening American workers' stunning pivot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning.
0:03.0	Welcome to Axios today.
0:04.7	It's December 15th.
0:06.5	I'm Naila Boodoo.
0:07.9	And some situational awareness for you this Tuesday morning.
0:11.2	Yesterday we surpassed 300,000 in the death toll of Americans
0:15.4	who have died from the coronavirus. It took less than three months to reach this
0:19.6	new toll after 200,000 deaths were reported on September 21st.
0:27.0	Here's what else we're covering today.
0:28.8	What happens if the job you lost during the pandemic won't come back.
0:32.8	Plus, could 2020 be the end of pro-democracy movements
0:36.5	in Hong Kong?
0:38.1	But first, today's one big thing.
0:40.8	Attorney General William Barr resigns.
0:44.0	President Trump tweeted Monday night that Attorney General William Barr is resigning to, quote,
0:49.5	spend the holidays with his family.
0:51.9	Here to tell us all about this is Axios political
0:53.9	reporter Jonathan Swan. Jonathan how does the way that this happen tell us
0:58.6	about what happened? So President Trump has been privately talking about firing Bill Barr for weeks now.
1:08.0	He was extremely frustrated that earlier this month Bill Barr told the Associated Press, the Justice Department
1:16.0	had not found evidence of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the election.
1:22.4	Then the Wall Street Journal dropped this story about how Bill Barr
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