William Barr says it's "increasingly more likely" DOJ indicts Trump

Details: Barr said on PBS' “Firing Line” program that he thinks the DOJ has enough evidence to indict the former president when it comes to the Mar-a-Lago documents probe.

• "Given what's gone on, I think they probably have the evidence that would check the box," he said. "They have the case."
• He said it has become "increasingly more likely" that Trump will be indicted.

Zoom in: Barr said a president should be indicted if they commit a crime, "especially a serious crime," he said.

• “If the Department of Justice can show that these were indeed very sensitive documents, which I think they probably were, and also show that the president consciously was involved in misleading the department, deceiving the government, and playing games after he had received the subpoena for the documents, those are serious charges,” Barr said in the interview. 

On Friday, Garland announced veteran prosecutor Jack Smith would serve as a special counsel to oversee the federal criminal probe into Trump, a move aimed to avoid a conflict of interest, Axios reports.

• The announcement came three days after Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign.

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