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 stated that voters were well aware of all the allegations against Trump when electing him to a second term in office and that it is in the country's best interest for prosecutors to heed the people's decision.
According to Barr, the American people have rendered their verdict on President Trump and decisively chosen him to lead the country for the next four years, fully informed of the claims against him by prosecutors around the country.
Barr highlighted that some of the legal theories in the cases have been weakened by court decisions and have been extensively debated and rejected by the American people.
He pointed out that once Trump takes office in January, prosecutors will be unable to continue the cases during his term. A Trump-appointed attorney general can end the federal cases brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, one in Washington, DC, for alleged efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, and another in Florida based on allegations dealing with retaining classified documents after his first term.
Trump has expressed confidence in his immunity from prosecution for certain official actions, citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. He emphasized that he would address the matter promptly if he had the authority.
However, Trump would not have the power to halt state cases brought against him in New York and Georgia. These include a pending state criminal case in Georgia based on alleged efforts to overturn the state's results in the 2020 election and a New York criminal case for falsifying business records related to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, with a sentencing hearing scheduled for later this month.
