Barr Says Trump Trial Dates Not Election Interference, Claims Are ‘Silly’

Then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr waits to speak at an announcement of a new Crime Reduction Initiative designed to reduce crime in Detroit in Detroit, Mich., on Dec. 18, 2019. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

In an interview on Fox News, former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr dismissed claims of “election interference” in the indictments against former president and presidential candidate Donald Trump.

“The idea that this is interfering with the election is simply wrong,” he told host John Roberts.