In recent weeks, all of the focus across the board — from the media cycle to the disgraced former president himself — has been centered almost entirely on the bombshells that have recently come out of Manhattan, New York. And, frankly, that’s to be expected. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, his prosecutors and investigators, and the Manhattan grand jury made US history in recent weeks, after they formally indicted and arraigned a former US president for the very first time in the history of this nation, on an absolutely staggering 34 felony criminal charges.
It certainly comes as no surprise that the Manhattan case is taking up a lot of real estate, not only in the media, but rent-free in the ex-president’s brain, as well.
However, it’s important that we don’t forget the fact that the infamous Manhattan hush money case is far from the only legal mountain Donald Trump has to climb.
Just earlier today, we reported on the analysis from the New York Times, noting that the other proverbial shoe was expected to soon drop against the disgraced former president in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ monumental election case in Georgia.
But, if that weren’t bad enough for the big guy, Donald’s own former attorney general is now publicly admitting that there’s a “good chance” the ex-president is soon to face charges from the Department of Justice.
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In addition to the 34 felony charges he faces in Manhattan and Willis’ ongoing, massive election investigation in Georgia, disgraced former President Donald Trump also continues to face down a variety of investigations from the US Justice Department, spearheaded by Garland-appointed Special Counsel Jack Smith. These DOJ probes include Donald’s blatant and possibly criminal mishandling of classified government documents under the Espionage Act, as well as the ongoing investigation into Trump’s actions surrounding the deadly January 6th Capitol attack and his overall efforts to overthrow a United States presidential election.
Over the weekend, former Trump-era Attorney General Bill Barr sat for an all-encompassing interview with ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl on Sunday’s edition of ABC’s This Week, where the pair discussed the wide variety of legal perils facing Donald Trump. While there’s certainly no doubt that the former president is facing down intense trouble in Manhattan, Barr opined that his old boss should be most concerned about what may soon come out of the DOJ, as Barr says Special Counsel Smith has likely obtained “very good evidence” to prove obstruction on the ex-president’s part.
Mediaite reported the following transcript of the interview:
KARL: So, you mentioned the other cases. There’s at least three other criminal cases. You have the two brought by the special prosecutor, the case in Georgia, you know, January 6, classified documents, obstruction of justice.
What — what do you think, if you were advising the former president, which obviously you’re not, which — which would you be most concerned about?
BARR: I’d be most concerned about the document case in Mar-a-Lago because, from what I can see, and — and it, you know, the — when it first came out, a lot of Republicans manned the ramparts and were dumping all over the FBI and the government, and as the facts have come out, as I suggested when I spoke about it, the FBI was opposed to conducting the search. They weren’t involved in launching the search.
But also, those steps were taken after a long period, about a year-and-a-half of trying to get the documents from him, which he had no claim to. He had no claim to those documents, especially the classified documents. They belonged to the government. And so, I think he was jerking the government around. And they subpoenaed it. And they tried to jawbone him into delivering documents.
But the government is investigating the extent to which games were played and there was obstruction in keeping documents from them. And I think that’s a serious potential case. I think they probably have some very good evidence there.
KARL: We — we heard Jim Trusty make the case that the president can just decide whatever he wants to make personal is personal. That — that seems like unusual reading of that law. But do you — do you think that this will end up in an indictment from the special counsel? What is your read?
(CROSSTALK)
BARR: I did think it was — I was — my read was, before they found documents in Biden’s house and in the vice president — Vice President Pence’s house, my — my read was that they were going to indict him. And I still think there’s a very good chance of that because — and I think it depends on how sensitive the documents were, but also what evidence they have of obstruction and games-playing by the president and the — and whether he directed people to lie or gave them information that was deceitful to pass onto the government.
Now…
KARL: And — and…
BARR: … the president, unfortunately, has a penchant for engaging in reckless and — and self-destructive behavior that brings these kinds of things on him. In many respects, he is his only — he’s his own worst enemy. I don’t think that’s the case with Bragg’s case. But certainly he — he has dug himself a hole on the documents.
And also on the January 6th stuff. That was reckless behavior that was destined to end up being investigated. So it doesn’t surprise me that he has all of these legal problems. He was warned about this before he left office.
Watch the clips of the interviews here:
Former Attorney General Bill Barr tells @JonKarl that former Pres. Trump should be “most concerned” about the classified documents case out of Mar-a-Lago.
“He had no claim to those documents…I think they probably have some very good evidence there.” https://t.co/XVBy0myVr6 pic.twitter.com/awpeJFZhnR
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) April 9, 2023
“The president, unfortunately, has a penchant for engaging in reckless and self-destructive behavior that brings these kinds of things on him.”
Former AG Bill Barr says it “doesn’t surprise me” that former Pres. Trump is facing several legal problems. https://t.co/XVBy0myVr6 pic.twitter.com/8B3TaEtz7b
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) April 9, 2023
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