before that happened, the president's attorney general, bill barr, was investigating all of trumped's fraud claims. >> it was getting a little awkward, because obviously he had lost the election. >> reporter: bars and he made it clear to donald trump in a september 23rd meeting that he had lost. >> our role was to investigate fraud, and it is just not meritorious, it is not panning out. >> he was going to win in spite of all the fraud. >> reporter: but spurred on by the most ardent election liars, including many in macromedia. >> clearly the president won this election. >> reporter: donald trump would not listen to reason or fact. >> where is the doj and fbi and all of this, mr. president? >> missing in action. >> it got under my skin, but i also felt it was time for me to say something, so i set up a lunch with the ap reporter, and i told him that to date we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome of the election. >> a heated trump bar meeting,