Breaking: Bill Barr Says DOJ ‘Getting Very Close’ to Having Sufficient Evidence to Indict Trump

Bill Barr, who served as attorney general during the Trump administration, said Wednesday that the Justice Department appears to be "getting very close" to having sufficient evidence to indict former president Trump.

Law enforcement is investigating former president Donald Trump for removal or destruction of records, obstruction of an investigation, and violating the Espionage Act, according to the search warrant for Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago.

Barr said during an appearance on Fox News that government investigators must consider if they have a technical case against Trump and said, "I think they're getting very close to that point, frankly."

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.

"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.

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