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Bill Barr’s Whoppers On Kansas City And Minneapolis

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July 23, 2020 6:25 p.m.

Attorney General Bill Barr had just let out a whopper of a lie so obvious and verifiable that the Kansas City Star’s Washington correspondent was left with only a four-letter word.

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