Former US president Donald Trump said that he had ignored his lawyers' opinions and persisted in challenging his 2020 election defeat, continuing false claims that the election was “rigged” against him.
“It was my decision,” he said during an interview on NBC's Meet The Press on Sunday.
He also said he had dismissed his lawyers' views that he lost the election because he “didn't respect them”.
In particular, he pointed to former attorney general William Barr.
“I listened to some people,” Mr Trump said. “Guys like Bill Barr, who was a stiff, but he wasn't there at the time. But he didn't do his job because he was afraid.”
Mr Barr has been one of Mr Trump's most vocal opponents since leaving the administration in 2020.
In a deposition before a US House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, Mr Barr said the former president would have to be “detached from reality” to believe in the conspiracy theories floated about the election.
He also dismissed suggestions from one of Mr Trump's lawyers that special counsel Jack Smith's January 6 case against the former president is an attack on free speech.
Speaking to CNN in August, Mr Barr said free speech does not protect people from engaging in fraudulent conspiracy.
Mr Trump faces three counts of conspiracy and one count of obstruction in his federal indictment related to January 6. He faces a separate case in Atlanta in his alleged efforts to overturn his electoral defeat there.
He has pleaded not guilty in both cases.
Timeline
2012-2015
The company offers payments/bribes to win key contracts in the Middle East
May 2017
The UK SFO officially opens investigation into Petrofac’s use of agents, corruption, and potential bribery to secure contracts
September 2021
Petrofac pleads guilty to seven counts of failing to prevent bribery under the UK Bribery Act
October 2021
Court fines Petrofac £77 million for bribery. Former executive receives a two-year suspended sentence
December 2024
Petrofac enters into comprehensive restructuring to strengthen the financial position of the group
May 2025
The High Court of England and Wales approves the company’s restructuring plan
July 2025
The Court of Appeal issues a judgment challenging parts of the restructuring plan
August 2025
Petrofac issues a business update to execute the restructuring and confirms it will appeal the Court of Appeal decision
October 2025
Petrofac loses a major TenneT offshore wind contract worth €13 billion. Holding company files for administration in the UK. Petrofac delisted from the London Stock Exchange
November 2025
180 Petrofac employees laid off in the UAE
Meydan card
6.30pm: Al Maktoum Challenge Round-1 (PA) Group 1 US$65,000 (Dirt) 1,600m
7.05pm: Conditions (TB) $100,000 (Turf) 1,400m
7.40pm: UAE 2000 Guineas Trial (TB) $100,000 (D) 1,600m
8.15pm: Handicap (TB) $175,000 (T) 1,200m
8.50pm: Al Maktoum Challenge Round-1 (TB) Group 2 $350,000 (D) 1,600m
9.25pm: Handicap (TB) $175,000 (D) 1,900m
10pm: Handicap (TB) $135,000 (T) 1,600m
Killing of Qassem Suleimani
Director: Laxman Utekar
Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Akshaye Khanna, Diana Penty, Vineet Kumar Singh, Rashmika Mandanna
Rating: 1/5
