Former Attorney General Bill Barr said he is amenable to testifying against his old boss on the 2020 election interference indictment.
unless forced to do so. Pence previously raised constitutional concerns about being compelled to testify before a grand jury in the case, but ultimately take the stand earlier this year.POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Trump’s lawyers have raised First Amendment concerns in the case, which marks the third indictment brought against the former president in the past four months.“This involved a situation where the states had already made the official authoritative determinations … sent the votes and certified them to Congress,” he continued.Shutterstock
Barr underscored that federal prosecutors go beyond targeting Trump for espousing dubious election fraud claims and zero in on procedural machinations. Trump has been crisscrossing the country while campaigning for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that the former president’s actions were above board.Supreme Court decision, Hammerschmidt
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