Former Attorney General William Barr is denying the allegation that he pressured a U.S. attorney not to pursue a voter fraud probe. William McSwain, who was a U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania from 2018 until January, said he wanted to fully investigate fraud allegations in the wake of the 2020 election but Barr “instructed me not to make any public statements or put out any press releases regarding possible election irregularities.” Barr also directed McSwain “to pass along serious allegations to the State Attorney General for investigation—the same State Attorney General who had already declared that you could not win,” McSwain said in a recent letter, referring to Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who has repeatedly posted anti-Trump statements. Barr, who was former President Donald Trump’s top law enforcement officer for several years, in interviews with several news outlets denied the allegations. “Any suggestion that McSwain was told to …