Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who served in President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration, is calling on prosecutors at the state and federal levels to dismiss the pending legal cases against Trump before he takes office once again.
Barr told Fox News Digital that voters were well aware of all the allegations against Trump when electing him to a second term in office on Tuesday, and that it is in the country’s best interest for prosecutors to listen to them.
“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.”
Meanwhile, House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., on Wednesday called on the Department of Justice and prosecutors in New York and Georgia to drop all their criminal cases against President-elect Trump.
“The American people have spoken: the lawfare must end,” Scalise posted on social media. “I call on Attorney General Garland, Alvin Bragg, and Fani Willis to immediately terminate the politically-motivated prosecutions of President Donald Trump.”
Special Counsel Jack Smith is leading two federal prosecutions of Trump, one in Washington, D.C., for Trump’s alleged involvement with the Jan. 6, 2021 riot and another in Florida based on retention of classified documents.
New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg secured a conviction of Trump for falsifying business records related to a hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
In Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is prosecuting Trump for alleged election interference in a conspiracy case with 18 co-defendants.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges in all cases.
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The more practical reason for the Democrats to call off the “Lawfare” (and agree to have the cases, which are currently all pending or awaiting appellate review, dismissed) is that a significant number of conservative voters (who don’t like Trump’s populism) are outraged by the Democrats’ abuse of the legal system, which is far more threatening to American democracy than anything Trump has ever been accused of doing.
How hard was it for you to find the worst picture of President Trump around? You always showed pics of Harris smiling and seem to like showing Trump in a very unflattering way. Very unacceptable
Don’t hold your breath, folks. Judging from Letitia James’s rant today, the Democrats are going to fight him, tooth and nail. Lawfare is just the start.