Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr has given reasons why he is considering not indicting former President Trump for his January 6, 2021 alleged conduct.
Barr, who served in the Trump administration, said in an interview Friday with Fox News special counsel Martha McCallum that Jack Smith’s indictment against Trump was a “legitimate” case from a legal standpoint. bottom. Despite his own defense, he said the “divisiveness” of the indictment and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) response to Hunter Biden’s alleged criminal misconduct were credible reasons for the decision not to prosecute. claimed to be.
“Here you are offensive against President Trump. He says he considers it a lenient treatment, and I think it’s very divisive within the country, “the country and I will take that into account,” Barr said.
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Two Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers told the House Ways and Means Committee that the Department of Justice, under the authority of Attorney General Merrick Garland, investigated investigative authorities into evidence of Hunter’s tax violations in 2017 and 2018. was denied access and testified under oath that it had been ignored. The IRS recommended prosecution of the eldest son. They also told lawmakers that authorities lied to them that there was no political interference in the hunter investigation.
A grand jury on Tuesday handed down an indictment against President Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election. He has been charged with “conspiracy to defraud the United States,” “conspiracy to corruptly obstruct and obstruct the trial on January 6,” and “conspiracy against the right to vote and the right to be counted.”
Barr said he fears the three indictments against Trump could distract the country from “serious problems” during the 2024 presidential election. He opposed the lawsuit, challenging Trump and his legal team’s “too much aggression” that the indictment was an attempt to interfere in the 2024 election.
“But I don’t like these over-the-top attacks, and I think it’s somehow reprehensible,” Barr said. “It’s the post-election actions that are reprehensible, and addressing this issue in the same way that the Justice Department does under laws against fraud and obstruction of proceedings against the United States is completely unacceptable. is expected.”
Smith has vowed to seek a speedy trial in the case, which Barr said was always the ideal situation. He argued that it may be “in the public interest” to resolve such cases before the election and for voters to know the actions of candidates before they are elected.
