Former US Attorney General Bill Barr says Trump indictment is a 'disgrace'

Former United States Attorney General William (Bill) Barr says that the recent indictment of former President Donald Trump is a "disgrace" and a political hit job. 

Barr served as U.S. attorney general under President Trump from 2019 to 2020 and under George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993. 

He described the recent case against his former boss as "pathetically weak" during an interview at the National Review Institute Ideas Summit. 

"Judging from the news reports, it's the archetypal abuse of the prosecutorial function to engage in a political hit job, and it's a disgrace," Barr said, referring to the indictment.

A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Trump earlier this week over his alleged role in a payment to Stormy Daniels in 2016, making him the first former president to face criminal charges.

Barr said he believes that this is going to be damaging politically for everyone involved. 

"Politically, it's going to be damaging, I think, to the Republican Party, simply because I think it's a no-lose situation for the Democrats," he stated during the interview. 

"I think the impetus is really to help Trump get the nomination, focus the attention on him for two years, have this thing swirling around, plus whatever else comes, which I think will be damaging to whoever gets the nomination," Barr continued. 

The 45th president is expected to be arraigned in Judge Juan Merchan's courtroom on the 15th floor at 100 Centre Street in New York City on April 4 at 2:15 p.m., a court spokesperson confirmed earlier this week.

Charlotte Hazard is a reporter for Just the News. Follow her on Twitter for more stories.