Former Attorney General Bill Barr went on 'Kudlow' on Friday to discuss former President Trump's indictment, claiming that the underlying legal theory is 'pathetically weak.'
Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr analyzes the case against former President Donald Trump on 'Kudlow.'over his alleged 2016 hush money scandal on Friday, calling it"an abomination."
William Barr, U.S. attorney general, speaks during a roundtable discussion with federal, state, and local officials, not pictured, at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. "The claim is that [recording the Cohen reimbursements as legal payments] is false and therefore violated a misdemeanor statute in the first instance against false documents," Barr said."I actually don't think that's a valid claim in this case, because the statute actually requires that it be done with the intent to defraud."
The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been investigating the alleged hush money scandal for years. The purported payments include the $130,000 sum given to Stormy Daniels, plus the $150,000 given to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
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