{"id":24077,"date":"2025-08-13T11:45:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=24077"},"modified":"2025-08-13T11:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:45:54","slug":"bill-barr-teamed-with-da-fani-willis-on-trump-rico-case-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=24077","title":{"rendered":"Bill Barr Teamed With DA Fani Willis On Trump-RICO Case: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>William Barr, who served as the U.S. Attorney General during President Donald Trump\u2019s initial term, is reported to have collaborated with Fani Willis, the Democratic district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, who initiated RICO charges related to the 2020 election against Trump and several others, in an effort to secure a conviction of his former superior.<\/p><div class=\"dudot69fec4d1c1e8b\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.dudot69fec4d1c1e8b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.dudot69fec4d1c1e8b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.dudot69fec4d1c1e8b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.dudot69fec4d1c1e8b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.dudot69fec4d1c1e8b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>Whistleblower Patr\u00edcia L\u00e9lis has claimed that Barr conspired with Willis to thwart Trump\u2019s potential return to the White House by orchestrating her prosecution, which resulted in charges against Trump and 18 co-defendants for allegedly attempting to overturn the results of Georgia\u2019s 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e9lis asserts that Barr was involved in clandestine meetings in Washington, D.C., with Willis and others\u2014including media figure Armstrong Williams\u2014to devise this plan.<\/p>\n<p>Having worked for Williams\u2019s public relations firm in 2021, L\u00e9lis stated that she attended \u201cdozens\u201d of meetings where Barr and Willis deliberated on various legal tactics aimed at hindering Trump\u2019s campaign ahead of the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>She supplied Project Veritas with numerous boxes of handwritten notes she recorded during these meetings, which occurred between 2021 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>One particular meeting on September 6, 2021, featured Barr and CNN commentator Shermichael Singleton, during which the group formulated a media strategy to support Congress\u2019 investigation into the events of January 6.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e9lis noted in her interview with Project Veritas that, \u201cThe investigation will be focused on individuals close to Trump and will seek to formally prosecute these individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her notes indicate that Barr pinpointed additional subjects of the investigation, such as Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, Stewart Rhodes, Enrique Tarrio, Jeffrey Clark, the Oath Keepers, and the Proud Boys. In the subsequent months, many of these individuals were issued subpoenas to testify before the January 6 committee, underscoring the considerable influence Barr seemingly held after publicly distancing himself from Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Photos dated March 15, 2022, depict Barr entering the Sinclair Broadcast Group, where he conferred with Willis and federal prosecutor Jack Smith regarding the forthcoming charges that Smith intended to file against Trump in Florida. Smith\u2019s case centered on Trump\u2019s purported mishandling of classified documents that he declined to return to the National Archives.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e9lis documented Barr forecasting during the meeting that an FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago would occur \u201csoon.\u201d Five months later, agents executed a raid on Trump\u2019s residence, searching for documents and security footage.<\/p>\n<p>Notes from a meeting on January 19, 2023, reveal that Barr and Willis intended to reconvene, with subsequent notes from February 27, 2023, affirming that the meeting took place. It was during this meeting that Barr reportedly counseled Willis to pursue RICO charges against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill Barr suggested that we should consider RICO because it represents a particularly challenging type of charge to defend,\u201d L\u00e9lis informed Project Veritas, further noting that Trump\u2019s former attorney general characterized racketeering charges as intricate and difficult to contest under U.S. law.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, several of Trump\u2019s co-defendants entered guilty pleas in exchange for their agreement to testify against him and other alleged co-conspirators\u2014indicative of the increasing desperation within their ranks as Willis approached a potential triumph.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e9lis stated that the primary aim of these meetings was to obstruct Trump\u2019s return to the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING PART TWO: Bill Barr Held Secret Meetings to Plot Prosecutions of Trump and Block His Political Comeback<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill Barr was like, \u2018We should bring RICO because it&#39;s a very difficult type of charge to defend.\u2019\u201d &#8211; Patr\u00edcia L\u00e9lis, Whistleblower<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou took my documents and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cOAw1LXnHy\">pic.twitter.com\/cOAw1LXnHy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Project Veritas (@Project_Veritas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Project_Veritas\/status\/1953574256769741057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n\u201cOne thing that I comprehended very clearly is that Bill Barr, Armstrong, and all the politicians are intensely focused on how to prevent Trump from succeeding,\u201d she remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, these efforts transcended the courtroom. According to L\u00e9lis, Willis allegedly worked with a social media team to produce \u201canti-Trump\u201d posts and other content designed to support the prosecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Barr, who served as the U.S. Attorney General during President Donald Trump\u2019s initial term, is reported to have collaborated with Fani Willis, the Democratic district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, who initiated RICO charges related to the 2020 election against Trump and several others, in an effort to secure a conviction of his former&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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