When former President Donald Trump summoned then U.S. Attorney General William Barr in early December, he says he knew it wasn't going to be a pleasant meeting and thought Trump was going to fire him.<\/p>\n
\"I told my assistant as I left the office she may have to pack up for me because often he would tell you not to come back,\" Barr told \"CBS Mornings.\"<\/p>\n
When he entered the Oval Office, Barr said the conversation quickly turned into a back and forth between Barr and Trump about the former president's allegations of widespread fraud.<\/p>\n
During that conversation, Barr said Trump got \"madder and madder\" so Barr said that he could resign if Trump was not happy about his work.<\/p>\n
\"I said, 'look, Mr. President, I know you're unhappy with me. I'm happy to tender my resignation.' Boom, he hit the desk, and said, accepted,\" Barr recalled. \"As I was pulling out of the White House, two of his lawyers came and pounded on the window, government lawyers, and said, 'The president doesn't want you to leave.'\"<\/p>\n
This is just one of several events that Barr details in his new book, \"One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General,\" which went on sale on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Barr said after that encounter, he reluctantly stayed although he knew his relationship with Trump had deteriorated.<\/p>\n
\"I didn't leave then because I wanted to see how this was playing out and I thought I could continue to look at these claims and make sure that people understood that most of, well, what was being presented simply wasn't true,\" he said.<\/p>\n
When asked if he would vote for Trump if runs for office in 2024, Barr said he would support the Republican candidate even if it is Trump.<\/p>\n
\"I would not work with him, if I was faced with that choice,\" he said. \"I hope I'm not faced with that choice. I don't think the party will go back in that direction.\"<\/p>\n
Barr's resignation was official in December 2020. He has not spoken to Trump since then and said he wouldn't particularly want to have another conversation.<\/p>\n
\"You don't have a conversation [with him]. You mostly listen,\" he said.<\/p>\n
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