Barr Calls on Prosecutors to Drop Cases Against Trump: ‘Respect the People’s Decision’

Now that he is President-elect 👤Donald Trump, he should no longer be defendant 👤Donald Trump. That’s according to former Attorney General Bill Barr, who served in Trump’s first administration.

Barr is urging both state and federal prosecutors to drop any pending legal cases against Trump before he returns to the White House on Jan. 20, Fox News reported.

Barr said the allegations against Trump did not deter voters from electing him president so prosecutors in those matters should yield to the will of the people.

“The American people have rendered their verdict on President Trump, and decisively chosen him to lead the country for the next four years,” Barr said. “They did that with full knowledge of the claims against him by prosecutors around the country and I think Attorney General Garland and the state prosecutors should respect the people’s decision and dismiss the cases against President Trump now.”

Barr said once Trump takes office, the cases against him will not be able to proceed while he serves his term.

Whoever Trump appoints as attorney general could stop the federal cases — one in Washington, D.C., for allegedly attempting to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, and the other in Florida on allegations concerning with Trump keeping classified documents after his first term.

The Florida case was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon based on an issue with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment.