2023-08-03 17:55:17
Ex-Minister of Justice Barr
“Donald Trump knew very well that he had lost the election”
Former US Attorney General Bill Barr spoke out once morest Donald Trump before his court appearance. He doesn’t take kindly to his former boss.
Published3. Aug 2023, 7:55 p.m
Bill Barr and Donald Trump 2020. Former Attorney General Barr says Trump knew full well he had lost the election to Joe Biden.
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“He can say whatever he wants, he can even lie. He can even tell people the election was stolen even though he knew better,” Barr told CNN. “But if he takes part in a conspiracy, the right to freedom of expression does not protect him.”
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Barr resigned from his top job shortly following Joe Biden won the election in November 2020.
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Donald Trump is expected to appear in court in Washington on Thursday.
Trump sees himself as a victim of justice.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr says Trump’s alleged actions, as described in the indictment, are “disgusting” and “despicable.”
The former US Attorney General Bill Barr spoke out once morest Donald Trump ahead of his court appearance for allegedly trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Barr, who was appointed by the ex-president, said Trump “knew full well that he lost the election.”
Trump is accused by federal prosecutors of repeatedly lying regarding mass voter fraud and urging officials to alter the results to keep him in power.
The 77-year-old Republican, who is running for president once more, is expected to plead not guilty. Trump attorney John Lauro described the charges as an attack on freedom of expression and said: “There is nothing that can be done by the First Amendment [das Recht auf freie Meinungsäusserung] is more protected than political statements.”
“He can say whatever he wants, he can even lie”
Barr, in turn, shortly following the election victory by Joe Biden resigned from his top job in the US judiciary in November 2020, said the right to free speech does not apply in this case: “You do not attack his right under the First Amendment. He can say whatever he wants, he can even lie. He can even tell people the election was stolen even though he knew better,” Barr told CNN. “But if he takes part in a conspiracy, that doesn’t protect him.”
Barr undermines another part of Trump’s defense by claiming that his former boss knew he had lost the election. Barr added that the former president’s alleged actions, as described in the indictment, were “disgusting” and “despicable.”
Several criminal cases are pending once morest Trump
The latest indictment indicts Trump on four counts, including conspiracy, obstruction of an official process and conspiracy to violate the right of citizens to have their votes counted.
On Tuesday, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team released a serious indictment once morest Trump: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct the authentication of President Joe Biden’s election victory on January 6, 2021, obstruction and conspiracy once morest the suffrage. It is the second federal charge once morest Trump, and criminal proceedings are pending once morest the 77-year-old in New York State.
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