KAKISTOCRACY (noun) — Government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
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A searchable collection of documented public statements from people covered by the Kakistocracy Files.

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102 quotes from Bill Barr
“I didn't think there was any evidence of that.”
— Bill Barr
June 1, 2022   •   Referring to claims that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.
January 6 Committee
“It exposes concerns that reach far beyond this case.”
— Bill Barr
June 4, 2020   •   Barr discussing George Floyd's death and policing.
Department of Justice
“Federal prosecutors possess tremendous power.”
— Bill Barr
September 16, 2020
Hillsdale College Constitution Day Remarks
“It is the Left that is engaged in the systematic shredding of norms and the undermining of the rule of law.”
— Bill Barr
November 15, 2019   •   Barr's political characterization of opposition to the Trump administration.
Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention
“Elections are controlled by the States.”
— Bill Barr
June 2, 2022
January 6 Committee Interview
“The rule of law is the lynchpin of American freedom.”
— Bill Barr
September 16, 2020
Hillsdale College Constitution Day Remarks
“American companies must understand the stakes.”
— Bill Barr
July 17, 2020   •   Barr discussing commercial relationships with China.
Department of Justice — China Policy Remarks
“They're not panning out.”
— Bill Barr
November 23, 2020   •   Barr describing election-fraud allegations investigated by DOJ.
January 6 Committee testimony
“I had nothing to prove and had no desire to return to government.”
— Bill Barr
July 28, 2020   •   Barr discussing his decision to return as Attorney General.
House Judiciary Committee
“It was like playing whack-a-mole.”
— Bill Barr
June 1, 2022   •   Barr describing DOJ's efforts to investigate and respond to successive election-fraud allegations.
January 6 Committee
“I had no prior relationship with President Trump.”
— Bill Barr
July 28, 2020
House Judiciary Committee
“Religion was indispensable to sustaining our free system of government.”
— Bill Barr
October 11, 2019   •   Barr describing what he viewed as the Founders' understanding of religion.
Notre Dame Religious Liberty Address
“The States are responsible for policing and enforcing the election rules in the first instance.”
— Bill Barr
June 2, 2022
January 6 Committee Interview
“They are supervisors. Their job is to supervise.”
— Bill Barr
September 16, 2020   •   Barr discussing senior Justice Department officials.
Hillsdale College Constitution Day Remarks
“Our laws and institutions were explicitly discriminatory.”
— Bill Barr
July 28, 2020   •   Barr discussing American history and race.
House Judiciary Committee
“The campaign to destroy the traditional moral order has brought with it immense suffering.”
— Bill Barr
October 11, 2019   •   Barr's characterization of social and cultural changes in the United States.
Notre Dame Religious Liberty Address
“I repeatedly told the President in no uncertain terms that I did not see evidence of fraud that would have affected the outcome of the election.”
— Bill Barr
June 2, 2022   •   Barr describing his conversations with Donald Trump following the 2020 election.
January 6 Committee Interview
“Our federal law enforcement efforts are focused on the violent instigators.”
— Bill Barr
June 4, 2020
Department of Justice
“The Department had been drawn into the political maelstrom.”
— Bill Barr
July 28, 2020
House Judiciary Committee
“Our free society depends on the rule of law.”
— Bill Barr
June 4, 2020
Department of Justice