Former United States Attorney General Bill Barr joined “Fox Across America” Wednesday to share his reaction after President Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
“When people were talking about it, I said the case was an abomination, and I didn’t think it would ultimately be brought to trial because it was so wispy,” Barr told the host of Fox News. Jimmy Failla.
“I was surprised that they decided to do it…it was an abomination. And everyone talked about it. But think about how the American people are going to react in a very close election if Trump loses and this case is overturned – which obviously will be, this case will be overturned,” he said.
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Barr, who served as attorney general during the Trump administration, also commented on the impact Trump’s verdict could have on his 2024 presidential campaign.
“It’s unfair to the voter. And, you know, the co-conspirator in all of this is the mainstream media. Yes. They don’t talk about the issues or give honest reports on anything.” , did he declare.
“I think the Department of Justice knows that the facts alleged in this case would not have constituted a violation of the federal campaign,” Barr added. “If they continue this silence. Again, this is unprecedented and it’s crazy that a major candidate can’t defend themselves.”
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Much to the surprise of some, Trump’s guilty verdict sparked a shift in the minds of voters of all political stripes.
“We were told that Donald Trump would mark the end of democracy, but it turns out that the legal tactics were escalated by Democrats, not Republicans. So it’s in this context that I think the Republican Party is less dangerous.” more democracy than the Democratic Party right now,” said former Hillary Clinton supporter Shaun McGuire, “The free press.”
Adam Mortara, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, also told “The Free Press”: “What has put me aside is that if he doesn’t win, and by a fairly large margin, this will validate this type of militarization of the judicial system. in the future. Before, I would have said there was no danger to America if Joe Biden won the election. Now I think so. »
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Barr then discussed the difference in the justice system’s approach between the case of Hunter Biden’s laptop and Trump’s criminal accusations, calling the discrepancy “absolute interference,” citing the media as “co-conspirators in this whole laptop thing.”“.
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