Former AG Barr Says Maduro Will Likely Be Convicted, Get Manuel Noriega-Level Sentence

When he was the attorney general during the first Trump administration, William Barr oversaw the Venezuelan leader’s indictment.

Then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr in St. Louis, Mo., on Oct. 15, 2020. Jeff Roberson/Pool/Getty Images

Former Attorney General William Barr said that he believes deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro will be convicted and will receive a sentence comparable to the one handed down to former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega.

Barr was an assistant attorney general when the U.S. military invaded Panama and captured Noriega, and was involved in the case against him when he was attorney general under the first Bush administration.