Credibility of the DOJ helped by their going down the wackadoodle rabbit hole

The January 6 Select  Committee hearings revealed that it was not only Bill Barr's telling the president it was his opinion it was bull...t, that there was enough fraud to overturn the election.  It was helpful the Department of Justice ( DOJ) actually investigated the wackadoodle conspiracy theories, using the FBI and DHS  cyber wizards to check them out. Barr's statement was based on actual investigation and findings.  The DOJ can be criticized in retrospect for wasting taxpayer money and humoring the boss. On the other hand, while it may have failed to change Trump's mind to stop lying and/or continue with his delusions, it has value in  June 2022.  That the DOJ did investigate, they were able to say they did.   They debunked them with more credibility than if they just laughed them off. Some of the theories mentioned in testimony on June 23 were the Italians using cyber to change voting machine votes, a refrigerator semi truck with ballots, and in earlier hearings the boxes of ballots under a table in Fulton county.  That helps make the case that Trump himself wanted the DOJ to lie about their findings and conclusions so he could let his allies in Congress take it from there.  Simply lie the election was corrupt,, he asked the DOJ to do,   Jan. 6 hearing: Trump told DOJ to lieOJ officials 'just say it was corrupt, and leave the rest up to me' (cnbc.com)      What it also implies that Trump's fingerprints were all over the strategy to force the DOJ to lie so he could make his lie sound even more credible.