Bill Barr Teamed With DA Fani Willis On Trump-RICO Case: Report
William Barr, a former U.S. Attorney General during President Donald Trump’s first term, reportedly teamed up with Fani Willis, the Democratic Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney who filed 2020 election-related RICO charges against Trump several others, in an attempt to convict his one-time boss.
According to whistleblower Patrícia Lélis, Barr conspired with Willis to prevent Trump’s return to the White House by orchestrating her prosecution, which led to charges against Trump and 18 co-defendants for allegedly attempting to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.
Lélis alleges that Barr participated in secret meetings in Washington, D.C., alongside Willis and others—including media personality Armstrong Williams—to hatch the plan.
Lélis, who was employed by Williams’s public relations firm in 2021, claimed to have attended “dozens” of meetings where Barr and Willis discussed various legal strategies aimed at obstructing Trump ahead of the 2024 election.
She provided Project Veritas with boxes of handwritten notes she took during these meetings, which took place between 2021 and 2023.
One meeting on September 6, 2021, included Barr and CNN commentator Shermichael Singleton, during which the group developed a media strategy to complement Congress’ January 6 investigation.
“The investigation will be focused on people close to Trump and make efforts to formally prosecute these people,” Lélis wrote, according to her interview with Project Veritas.
According to her notes, Barr identified additional targets of the investigation, including Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, Stewart Rhodes, Enrique Tarrio, Jeffrey Clark, the Oath Keepers, and the Proud Boys. In the months that followed, most of these individuals received subpoenas to testify before the January 6 committee, highlighting the influence Barr apparently wielded after publicly breaking with Trump.
Photos from March 15, 2022, show Barr entering Sinclair Broadcast Group, where he met with Willis and federal prosecutor Jack Smith to discuss the impending charges Smith planned to file against Trump in Florida. Smith’s case focused on Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents that he refused to return to the National Archives.
Lélis recorded Barr predicting at the meeting that an FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago would happen “soon.” Five months later, agents raided Trump’s residence, searching for documents and security footage.
Meeting notes from January 19, 2023, indicate that Barr and Willis planned to meet again, with notes from February 27, 2023, confirming the meeting occurred. It was reportedly during this meeting that Barr advised Willis to pursue RICO charges against Trump.
“Bill Barr was like, we should bring RICO because it’s a very difficult type of charge to defend,” Lélis told Project Veritas, adding that Trump’s former attorney general then described racketeering charges as complicated and difficult to challenge under U.S. law.
Several of Trump’s co-defendants ultimately pleaded guilty in exchange for agreeing to testify against him and other alleged co-conspirators—an indication of the growing desperation within their ranks as Willis neared a potential victory.
According to Lélis, the primary objective of these meetings was to prevent Trump from returning to the presidency.
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“One thing that I understood very well is like Bill Barr and Armstrong and all the politicians too, they’re very focused like in how they go to stop Trump,” she said.
However, those efforts extended beyond the courtroom. According to Lélis, Willis reportedly collaborated with a social media team to create “anti-Trump” posts and other content aimed at bolstering the prosecution.
BREAKING NOW: 'National Emergency' Declared, Trump Called In
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States has imposed a blockade preventing Iranian ships from transiting the Strait of Hormuz after Iran moved to restrict passage for other vessels.
Rubio stated that the measure has already cost Iran hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue. He said the decision followed Iran’s failure to reach an agreement on reopening the waterway to all shipping.
Rubio described the current talks with Iran as distinct from negotiations with other countries, noting that the Iranian decision-making process is slow and fragmented.
He said the regime has recently agreed to discuss aspects of its nuclear program that it had previously refused to address. At the same time, he indicated that U.S. patience is limited and that further progress is required on nuclear issues and the status of the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian state media reported that Tehran had suspended talks with the United States, citing Israeli strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon. President Trump stated on social media that negotiations between the two countries remain ongoing.
Rubio’s testimony did not directly address the Iranian media reports but emphasized that any agreement would need to include verifiable steps on Iran’s nuclear activities and the restoration of open passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
The blockade and the status of talks come as the United States continues to enforce export controls and sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program and regional activities.
Administration officials have described the current approach as combining diplomatic engagement with measures to increase pressure on Tehran. Rubio’s remarks before the committee provided the most detailed public update on the status of the discussions in recent days.
The situation remains fluid, with both sides continuing to exchange messages through diplomatic channels. No timeline for further rounds of talks or specific next steps was announced during the hearing. Congressional committees are expected to continue monitoring developments related to Iran policy in the coming weeks.
Vote To Remove Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar From Congress Being Considered By Republican Congressman
In a closely divided 5-3 vote that fell one short of the required threshold, Minnesota House Republicans failed to secure a subpoena compelling U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar to testify and produce documents tied to the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal.
The outcome on May 5 marked the dramatic conclusion of months of mounting scrutiny over the congresswoman’s legislative actions and community outreach during the pandemic-era program at the center of one of the largest federal fraud investigations in recent Minnesota history. The House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, operating under a bipartisan agreement that demands six votes to authorize a subpoena, saw every Republican member support the measure while all three Democrats opposed it.
Committee Chair Kristin Robbins (R-Maple Grove) argued that the subpoena had become the only remaining tool after Omar repeatedly declined invitations to appear and failed to respond to formal document requests.
“We have reached out to Representative Ilhan Omar on multiple occasions, inviting her to testify and inviting and requesting documents,” Robbins said ahead of the vote. “The only tool left for us as a committee if we want to get these documents is to issue a subpoena.”
Republicans on the panel have focused on Omar’s sponsorship of the federal MEALS Act, enacted in March 2020. They contend the legislation loosened critical oversight requirements in federal child nutrition programs and helped create the conditions that enabled large-scale fraud.
“Representative Omar had some role, whether inadvertent or not,” Robbins said. “She passed the MEALS Act in March of 2020, and that took the guardrails off the federal school nutrition program which created the conditions for Feeding Our Future.”
The Feeding Our Future scandal stands as one of Minnesota’s most significant public corruption cases in recent decades. Federal prosecutors allege that organizers and associates diverted hundreds of millions of dollars intended to feed low-income children through fabricated meal claims, shell nonprofit organizations, and fraudulent reimbursement requests. Dozens of individuals have been charged, including nonprofit founder Aimee Bock and multiple business operators connected to Minnesota’s Somali community.
Committee Republicans specifically sought communications between Omar’s office and several individuals named in the federal investigation, along with records related to her public promotion of Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis, a business later linked to the scandal. Robbins also referenced a Somali-language television appearance in which Omar highlighted the restaurant as a meal distribution site during the pandemic.
“We thought it’d be very helpful to understand from Rep. Omar’s perspective how she thought the MEALS Act impacted the community, why she brought it, what communication she had with the fraudsters,” Robbins said during the hearing.
Democrats on the committee strongly opposed the effort, accusing Republicans of politicizing the investigation and targeting Omar for partisan advantage. Dave Pinto, the committee’s lead Democrat, questioned both the timing and practical purpose of pursuing a subpoena with only days remaining in the legislative session.
“Even if Omar were to testify or information is received, I do not see the committee doing anything with that information,” Pinto argued.
Pinto further referenced broader concerns about investigations involving political opponents under the current federal administration.
“We know the president and federal administration have got no hesitation going after political enemies and investigating them in all sorts of ways,” he said during the hearing.
The failed vote effectively prevents the Minnesota House committee from compelling Omar’s testimony or documents before the legislative session ends later this month. Nevertheless, Robbins signaled that Republicans are exploring alternative avenues to continue the pursuit.
“They’re fading,” Robbins said. “But I’ll certainly talk to our friends in Congress to see if they would be willing to issue a subpoena.”
Robbins noted that federal authorities retain “a whole menu of legal options” because Omar is a sitting member of Congress. The controversy unfolds amid broader Republican efforts at both state and national levels to highlight waste, fraud, and inadequate oversight in federal spending programs enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
