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Attorney General Bill Barr says no evidence of widespread fraud in 2020 election

Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

RELATED: 2020 election was ‘most secure in American history,' according to CISA committees.

“To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” Barr told the AP.

The comments are especially direct coming from Barr, who has been one of the president's most ardent allies.

Last month, Barr issued a directive to U.S. attorneys across the country allowing them to pursue any “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities, if they existed, before the 2020 presidential election was certified, despite no evidence at that time of widespread fraud.

"With all due respect to the Attorney General, there hasn’t been any semblance of a Department of Justice investigation.

Trump has railed against the election in tweets and in interviews though his own administration has said the 2020 election was the most secure ever. »

Margaret Thatcher statue: More than 1,000 vow to attend 'egg throwing contest' at unveiling amid backlash

Authored by news.sky.com

But the potential outlay sparked anger among critics who suggested it was excessive during a time of national hardship.

"I've no doubt the suffragettes were ridiculed and despised in their lifetime by an establishment of old colonial male MPs.

Meanwhile, however, more than 8,000 had responded to the "egg throwing contest" advertised on Facebook at the time of writing, with more than 1,100 vowing to attend. »

Cannabidiol in cannabis does not impair driving, landmark study shows

Authored by sydney.edu.au

Cannabis containing mainly CBD did not impair driving while cannabis containing THC, or a THC/CBD mixture, caused mild impairment measured at 40 minutes later but not after four hours.

Dr Arkell said: “With cannabis laws changing globally, jurisdictions are grappling with the issue of cannabis-impaired driving.

The study involved giving 26 healthy participants four different types of cannabis in a random order to vaporise on four separate occasions. »

iPhone water resistance claims ruled unfair; Apple fined $12M

Authored by 9to5mac.com

Italian regulators have fined Apple €10M ($12M) for making misleading and unfair claims about iPhone water resistance.

The first concerns the marketing of a number of different iPhone models – iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11pro and iPhone 11 pro Max – in which it was claimed that each of the advertised products was water resistant to a maximum depth varying between 4 meters and 1 meter depending on the model.

Second, and more seriously, Apple made iPhone water resistance claims in its marketing, but then refused warranty service on phones which suffered water damage. »

An anti-gay Hungarian politician has resigned after being caught by the police fleeing a 25-man orgy through a window

Authored by businessinsider.com

A member of the European Parliament representing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party has resigned from his position in Brussels after he was caught leaving what reports described as a 25-man orgy on Friday.

The police found 25 naked men at the gathering, including Szajer and some diplomats, the Belgian newspaper La Dernière Heure reported.

Szajer, a right-wing politician and ally of Orban, climbed out a first-floor window and was spotted "fleeing along the gutter," the public prosecutor's office said. »