{"id":5180,"date":"2022-02-24T12:53:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T17:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=5180"},"modified":"2022-02-24T12:53:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T17:53:41","slug":"nbc-news-exclusive-former-u-s-attorney-general-william-barr-breaks-his-silence-to-lester-holt-in-first-tv-interview-since-his-resignation0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2022\/02\/24\/nbc-news-exclusive-former-u-s-attorney-general-william-barr-breaks-his-silence-to-lester-holt-in-first-tv-interview-since-his-resignation0\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR BREAKS HIS SILENCE TO LESTER HOLT IN FIRST TV INTERVIEW SINCE HIS RESIGNATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Exclusive to Air in Primetime Special<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><em>Sunday, March 6 at 9 p.m. ET\/8 p.m. CT<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>PLUS: Savannah Guthrie Speaks\u00a0One-On-One with\u00a0Barr in a Live \u2018TODAY\u2019 Exclusive Monday, March 7; \u2018Meet the Press with Chuck Todd\u2019 on March 13<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 24, 2022 &#8211; NBC News anchor&nbsp;<strong>Lester Holt&nbsp;<\/strong>sits down with former U.S. Attorney General&nbsp;<strong>William&nbsp;Barr<\/strong>&nbsp;in an exclusive primetime interview airing&nbsp;<strong>Sunday, March 6 at 9 p.m. ET\/8 p.m. CT<\/strong>. The hour-long special is&nbsp;Barr\u2019s first television interview since resigning as attorney general under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first interview highlights will air&nbsp;<strong>Thursday, March 3 on&nbsp;<em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt&nbsp;<\/em>at 6:30 p.m. ET\/5:30 p.m. CT&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Friday, March 4 on&nbsp;<em>TODAY<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barr&nbsp;will also sit down with anchor&nbsp;<strong>Savannah Guthrie<\/strong>&nbsp;for a live exclusive, one-on-one interview on&nbsp;<strong><em>TODAY&nbsp;<\/em>Monday, March 7<\/strong>. Additionally,&nbsp;Barr&nbsp;will join&nbsp;<strong><em>Meet the Press with Chuck Todd&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>on&nbsp;<strong>Sunday, March 13.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barr\u2019s exclusive interviews with NBC News coincide with the&nbsp;release&nbsp;of his upcoming book,&nbsp;<em>One Damn Thing After Another<\/em>, a candid memoir documenting his tenures as attorney general under former Presidents Donald Trump and George H.W. Bush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dana Klinghoffer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:Dana.Klinghoffer@Nbcuni.com\">Dana.Klinghoffer@nbcuni.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dominique Donahue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:Dominique.Donahue@nbcuni.com\">Dominique.Donahue@nbcuni.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NBC NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More Americans watch NBC News than any news organization in the world. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include <em>TODAY, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, Meet the Press with Chuck Todd <\/em>and<em> Dateline NBC<\/em>. Additionally, NBC News produces <em>Third Hour of TODAY, TODAY with Hoda and Jenna <\/em>and<em> Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist<\/em>, as well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. The rapidly-growing NBC News Digital Group \u2013 including its streaming news services NBC News NOW and TODAY All Day \u2013 and the network\u2019s award-winning original podcast and audio unit provide continuous content to consumers wherever they are, whenever they want it. NBC News also operates NBC News Studios, a new unit producing premium documentaries, docuseries, select scripted programming and content for emerging platforms, as well as the NBC NewsChannel affiliate news service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NBC News is part of the NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast Corporation. 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