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(77WABC) — Former Attorney General Bill Barr said that the Justice Department appears to be “getting very close” to having sufficient evidence to indict former President Donald Trump.
According to the search warrant for Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago, law enforcement is investigating Trump for removal or destruction of records, obstruction of an investigation, and violating the Espionage Act. Barr said during an appearance on Fox News that government investigators must consider if they have a technical case against Trump.
“Will the people really understand that this is not failing to return a library book, that this is serious? And so you have to worry about those things,” he said.
He added that the DOJ must weigh what the potential fallout of indicting a former president would be as well, including how it would impact the country and what precedent it would set. He said it is his hope that this will deter the DOJ from indicting the former president.
Barr’s comments come days after a federal judge granted Trump’s petition for an independent special master to review the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago.
