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‘This Was an Abomination’: Former AG Barr Predicts Trump Conviction Will Be Overruled
The nation's former top prosecutor is weighing in on the landmark Trump conviction, predicting the trial's verdict will be overruled on appeal. Former U.S. Atto
The nation’s former top prosecutor is weighing in on the landmark Trump conviction, predicting the trial’s verdict will be overruled on appeal. Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr explained in an interview this week that he “wasn’t particularly surprised” that former President Donald Trump, under whom Barr served, was convicted last week in a Manhattan trial.
“I said from the very start that this was an abomination, and I actually was surprised that they went ahead with the case, because there really was nothing there,” Barr added. “There was no crime there and they never were able to really articulate it until after the defense rested its case, so I thought the whole thing was a travesty.”
“I wasn’t surprised by the verdict because the way the case was conducted, there was never really any discipline on trying to make the prosecutor establish what the elements of the crime were and what evidence he had to do it,” Barr explained. “It was just assumed from the beginning that there was some kind of Federal Election Campaign violation, which there wasn’t.”
“I think this is ‘Exhibit Number One’ of the dual system of justice that is becoming more and more evident,” the former AG noted, referring to the political motivations behind the Trump prosecution. “What does this do to our body politic? What does this do to our country?” he asked. Barr also predicted, “This case is going to be overruled because there are just multiple errors and violations of constitutional rights. … This will eventually be overruled after the election.” He continued, “But what happens if there’s a close election and Biden squeaks through and then the case is overruled? Half the country is going to feel that this was a stolen election. And again, this is a grave injustice and disservice to the country.”
