Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr called the criminal case against Donald Trump and the subsequent verdict is “unfair to the voter.”
He also predicted the case will be overturned on appeal.
Barr spoke his mind on “Fox Across America” Wednesday regarding Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
“When people were talking about it, I said that the case was an abomination, and I didn’t think it was going to be brought at the end of the day because it was so vaporous,” Barr said.
And now there is a guilty verdict handed down, Barr said the case will be overturned.
“I was surprised they went ahead with it… it was an abomination. And everyone’s talked about that. But you think about, how are the American people going to react in a very close election if Trump loses and this case is overturned – which it will be, this case will be overturned,” he said.
Barr served as the attorney general during Trump’s administration.
Barr also talked about how the guilty verdict can impact Trump’s run to return to the White House and the role the media played.
“It’s unfair to the voter. And, you know, the co-conspirator in all of this is the mainstream media. Yeah. Who will not talk about the issues or give honest reports on anything,” he said, adding his thoughts on the gag order against Trump.
“I think the Justice Department knows that the facts alleged in this case would not have constituted a federal campaign violation,” Barr said. “If they keep this gag order on them. Again, it’s unprecedented and crazy that you have a major candidate who can’t defend himself.”
Former Hillary Clinton supporter Shaun McGuire said the Democrats are more of a danger to democracy than Republicans, a switch from earlier thinking.
“We were told that Donald Trump would be the end of democracy, but it turns out that lawfare tactics have been escalated by the Democrats and not by the Republicans. And so it’s from that backdrop that I believe the Republican Party is less of a danger to democracy than the Democratic Party right now,” McGuire said to “The Free Press.”
