The former attorney general additionally said that it looks 'increasingly more likely' that Trump will face an indictment from the Justice Department.
Trump has faced growing backlash from top Republicans and conservative media in the wake of the 2022 midterms, which
of the most prominent and crucial GOP candidates he endorsed lose to their Democratic opponents. An analysis byshowed that Trump's endorsement, on average, amounted to a 5-point penalty in House races.News, assessed that Trump has"failed," and should"stand aside" for other GOP politicians to lead the party forward.
"He failed. He didn't do what the whole country hoped—that he would rise to the occasion and rise to the office, and he didn't do that," Trump's former attorney general said. Above, then Attorney General William Barr listens to President Donald Trump speak with officials on September 1, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Barr told PBS in an interview broadcast Friday that Trump has"failed," saying the former president should"stand aside.""So he's had his chance," Barr, who led Trump's Justice Department from February 2019 through December 2020, continued.
Barr also commented in his Friday interview on the ongoing investigations into Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents, as well as his connections to the violent attack targeting the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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