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Barr: "I don't like the idea of a former president serving time" in prison
"This is not a circumstance where he's the victim or this is government overreach," Barr said of the indictment in the classified documents case.
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Based in Washington, D.C., Caitlin Yilek covers politics and related subjects for CBSNews.com. She is a graduate of the University of Portland, with degrees in Spanish and German. Before joining CBS News, she worked for her hometown newspaper in Minnesota and was part of the breaking news and social media teams at the Washington Examiner and The Hill. She was selected by the National Press Foundation for its Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship in 2022.
"This is not a circumstance where he's the victim or this is government overreach," Barr said of the indictment in the classified documents case.
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