Posted on 04/21/2024 9:52:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Former Attorney General Bill Barr called Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush-money case against former President Donald Trump an “abomination” on Wednesday.
Additionally, Barr revealed, despite past differences and concerns about a Trump second term, that he plans to vote for the presumptive GOP nominee in November.
Regarding Bragg’s charges against Trump, Barr told Fox News, “I’ve said from the beginning this case is an abomination. You know it’s obviously political, seven years after he pays hush money, to try to come up with this case.”
“It’s not only far-fetched, they’re trying to predicate it on a federal crime, which wasn’t prosecuted. And they’re wrong about it. This was not a campaign contribution. They’re just wrong on the law,” the former Trump AG added.
The apparent theory of Bragg’s case is that then-Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen made an in-kind contribution to the Trump presidential campaign in excess of federal limits.
According to Bragg, Cohen paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 as part of a nondisclosure agreement ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Nondisclosure agreements are very common and generally legal. Daniels has alleged that she and Trump had a sexual encounter in 2006.
The $130,000 didn’t go to, nor did the alleged reimbursement come from, Trump’s presidential campaign. Cohen was reimbursed by the Trump Organization in early 2017, according to Bragg’s indictment.
Prior to Bragg’s indictment, federal prosecutors and the Federal Election Commission had already reviewed the payments to Daniels and declined to charge Trump.
Barr observed that Bragg’s case against Trump is part of a larger problem.
“To me, this shows the real threat to liberty, the real threat to our system are the excesses of the progressive left. They’re perverting the system of justice and that’s where the danger lies: the corruption and the subversion of our institutions by the left,” he said.
Asked whether he would support Trump for president, Barr responded, “Well, I’ve said all along, given two bad choices, I think it’s my duty to pick the person I think would do the least harm to the country, and in my mind, I will vote the Republican ticket. I will support the Republican ticket.”
“I think the real danger to our country, the real danger to democracy is … the progressive agenda,” he emphasized.
With Trump, the United States “may be playing Russian roulette, but continuation of the Biden administration is national suicide,” Barr said.
Several legal experts have called Bragg’s case against Trump weak.
George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley described it as a “Frankenstein case” based on resurrected alleged misdemeanor business record violations.
“So many of us are just amazed to watch this actually walk into court, because it’s not a recognizable crime that any of us have seen,” he said.
Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy argued in a Monday piece for National Review, “Trump’s best defense … is not necessarily to establish that he is not guilty; rather, it is to establish that, if he is guilty of anything, it is merely of the misdemeanor. If the jury so finds, I believe the case would have to be thrown out.”
Bill Barr sided the DS steal the 2020 election, treason then hang him
Too little too late you fat asshole.
Go blow your pipes.
TOO LATE, YOU BACK STABBING JERK!
Agree. But to save himself he’s publicly announcing that Trump is a victim of lawfare. It gives Trumps claims credibility and makes Biden look bad. Barr is a horrible person, but his comments are helpful. Well see what he does long term. He is not trustworthy.
No offense, but that is a very simplistic view of the world. This DC which is filled with snakes and sharks—honesty, integrity, fairness and kindness are seen as weaknesses that are to be exploited.
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"We Don’t Bear Responsibility"
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Barr has given up the fight against Trump. Tells me the fix is in. RFK polls show Jr takes votes from Trump. The anti Trump crowd breathes a sigh of relief and does the obligatory nod toward MAGA. (MAGA voters will still exist without DJT)
I LOVED John Kennedy. I was an idiot.
He wasn’t the nincompoop dem and he was really good looking.
The Kennedy mystic is OVER.
I am ashamed to admit, I cannot stand to hear RFK’s voice...nor do I want to hear anything he says.
NO CHANCE HERE OF LEAVING THE TRUMP “COMMON SENSE” APPROACH TO LIMITED GOVERNMENT AND JOINING THAT OTHER CANDIDATE.
Really nothing new. Barr was saying the NY case was a sham last year.
FBB
Hmmm.. Sounds like Bill has bought a new sack of knives and is looking for some place to stick’um..
After this declaration, Barr will all of a sudden be less popular with the legacy media.
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