'If even half of it is true, then [Trump's] toast.'
that he did not declassify certain documents he retained and that he “can’t” declassify them after leaving the White House.
Fox host Shannon Bream began the interview by asking a question about the argument Trump’s legal team has been making that the indictment against the former president should have focused on the Presidential Records Act rather than Espionage Act charges and other charges. “Well, it started out under the Presidential Records Act, and the Archives trying to retrieve documents that Trump had no right to have, but it quickly became clear that what the government was really worried about were these classified and very sensitive documents,” Barr said. “I was shocked by the degree of sensitivity of these documents and how many there were, frankly.
Barr continued by dismantling Trump’s argument that he is the innocent victim of a out-of-control witch hunt. “I do think that — what Andy McCarthy said — that if even half of it is true, then he’s toast,” Barr said.
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