AG Barr says he sees no reason to name special counsels to investigate Hunter Biden or election fraud

Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he saw no reason to appoint special counsels to investigate Hunter Biden or unsubstantiated allegations of election fraud.

Barr, who is set leave office Wednesday, said he had no intention of making such appointments, even as President Donald Trump has weighed such actions.

The attorney general also said there was "no basis" for seizing voting machines to investigate unsubstantiated allegations of fraud.

In the case of Hunter Biden, Barr said that the tax inquiry involving President-elect Joe Biden's son's was being handled "responsibly and professionally" by federal prosecutors in Delaware.