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Former Attorney General Bill Barr says attacks on the FBI over its unprecedented raid at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence are “over the top” and “misplaced.”
On August 8, FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s club in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of the Department of Justice’s ongoing criminal investigation into the former president’s handling of government documents, including classified documents.
“I think a lot of the attacks on the FBI are over the top because a decision like this is not going to be made by the FBI. And in fact, I don’t think the FBI come and pound the table pushing a decision like this,” Barr said in an interview on writer Bari Weiss’ podcast, “Honestly.”
Trump and his allies have slammed the investigation as improper and politically motivated, fueling threats and even attacks against federal law enforcement officials.
“In this kind of situation, the decision that it’s best to go in and search and obtain those documents after being jerked around for a year and a half — and that’s the way the Department would look at it — would be made at the Department of Justice by subordinates of the AG and ultimately signed off on by the AG,” Barr explained.
