Bill Barr Teamed With DA Fani Willis On Trump-RICO Case: Report
William Barr, a former U.S. Attorney General during President Donald Trump’s first term, reportedly teamed up with Fani Willis, the Democratic Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney who filed 2020 election-related RICO charges against Trump several others, in an attempt to convict his one-time boss.
According to whistleblower Patrícia Lélis, Barr conspired with Willis to prevent Trump’s return to the White House by orchestrating her prosecution, which led to charges against Trump and 18 co-defendants for allegedly attempting to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.
Lélis alleges that Barr participated in secret meetings in Washington, D.C., alongside Willis and others—including media personality Armstrong Williams—to hatch the plan.
Lélis, who was employed by Williams’s public relations firm in 2021, claimed to have attended “dozens” of meetings where Barr and Willis discussed various legal strategies aimed at obstructing Trump ahead of the 2024 election.
She provided Project Veritas with boxes of handwritten notes she took during these meetings, which took place between 2021 and 2023.
One meeting on September 6, 2021, included Barr and CNN commentator Shermichael Singleton, during which the group developed a media strategy to complement Congress’ January 6 investigation.
“The investigation will be focused on people close to Trump and make efforts to formally prosecute these people,” Lélis wrote, according to her interview with Project Veritas.
According to her notes, Barr identified additional targets of the investigation, including Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, Stewart Rhodes, Enrique Tarrio, Jeffrey Clark, the Oath Keepers, and the Proud Boys. In the months that followed, most of these individuals received subpoenas to testify before the January 6 committee, highlighting the influence Barr apparently wielded after publicly breaking with Trump.
Photos from March 15, 2022, show Barr entering Sinclair Broadcast Group, where he met with Willis and federal prosecutor Jack Smith to discuss the impending charges Smith planned to file against Trump in Florida. Smith’s case focused on Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents that he refused to return to the National Archives.
Lélis recorded Barr predicting at the meeting that an FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago would happen “soon.” Five months later, agents raided Trump’s residence, searching for documents and security footage.
Meeting notes from January 19, 2023, indicate that Barr and Willis planned to meet again, with notes from February 27, 2023, confirming the meeting occurred. It was reportedly during this meeting that Barr advised Willis to pursue RICO charges against Trump.
“Bill Barr was like, we should bring RICO because it’s a very difficult type of charge to defend,” Lélis told Project Veritas, adding that Trump’s former attorney general then described racketeering charges as complicated and difficult to challenge under U.S. law.
Several of Trump’s co-defendants ultimately pleaded guilty in exchange for agreeing to testify against him and other alleged co-conspirators—an indication of the growing desperation within their ranks as Willis neared a potential victory.
According to Lélis, the primary objective of these meetings was to prevent Trump from returning to the presidency.
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“One thing that I understood very well is like Bill Barr and Armstrong and all the politicians too, they’re very focused like in how they go to stop Trump,” she said.
However, those efforts extended beyond the courtroom. According to Lélis, Willis reportedly collaborated with a social media team to create “anti-Trump” posts and other content aimed at bolstering the prosecution.
WHCD Shooter Makes First Court Appearance and the Biden Judge Overseeing Case Made It Plain How He Feels
Fair warning: This story is going to make you angry. Well, okay, super angry. You might even question if it’s real, but I assure you it is.
Cole Allen, the man accused of attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate, is currently navigating the American criminal justice system. On Monday, he appeared in court before Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui, who recently apologized to the accused gunman regarding the unpleasant conditions of, you know, being behind bars and all that.
Again, no, I’m not kidding and yes, this story is real. Here’s more from Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Mike Emanuel:
Judge Zia Faruqui apologized to suspect Cole Allen for the treatment he’s received so far while he has been behind bars. He’s been put on suicide watch by the Department of Corrections, and the judge was asking why. An attorney from the government said that he was put on suicide watch because he told FBI agents that night of the White House Correspondents’ dinner attack that he didn’t expect to survive, and his language suggested that he really was not expecting to survive his trip to Washington, D.C., and the ultimate incident where he allegedly showed up with a weapon to try and assassinate President Trump. He’s been charged with that crime.
But the judge, very concerned about his constitutional rights, saying the defendant has requested a Bible, has requested meetings with his legal team, and that has not been allowed, he’s been put in restrictive, 24 hour lockup, with no windows and a padded room without an opportunity to get out for recreation. So the judge making it clear that he wants answers by tomorrow morning about exactly what the housing determination will be made for the suspect in this case, out of grave concern about his constitutional rights. And that apology issued near the end of the hearing. And so, quite a moment just moments ago in federal court.
Bottom line: Department of Correction said they wanted to make sure that he survived, that this is a high-profile case. All involved acknowledged it was a high-profile case. Again, the judge concerned about the treatment he’s gotten since he was arrested after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting incident. Sandra, back to you.
The response by former Trump admin economist and Fox Business host Larry Kudlow was, um, animated:
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The judge apologized to this guy, who’s a killer? Who if he had gotten another couple of yards, would’ve sprayed the whole audience, in the correspondent’s dinner? Just sprayed them, and killed God knows how many people? Then would’ve taken a shot over the whole audience at the president? We’re apologizing to this guy?! I don’t get that!
Yes, I know. Everyone is entitled to a presumption of innocence. The Constitution’s provisions apply, and all that. Got it. But come on. An apology? Seriously? This is likely a precursor as to how this judge is going to handle the case, so I’m going to go out on a limb here and predict this won’t be the last outrageous thing he does.
