The people have spoken, and Donald Trump is now the president-elect. Now we can drop all the silly—but dangerous—lawfare that continues by crusading Attorney General Merrick Garland and Special Counsel Jack Smith, who fired off any charges they could think of over the last few years in a bid to nuke Trump’s campaign.

Former Attorney General under Trump Bob Barr thinks it's time to put an end to it:

Barr told Fox News Digital that voters were well aware of all the allegations against Trump when electing him to a second term in office on Tuesday, and that it is in the country's best interest for prosecutors to listen to them.

"The American people have rendered their verdict on President Trump, and decisively chosen him to lead the country for the next four years," Barr said. "They did that with full knowledge of the claims against him by prosecutors around the country and I think Attorney General Garland and the state prosecutors should respect the people’s decision and dismiss the cases against President Trump now."

Merrick Garland can now be cast into the annals of history, going down as the worst AG in history. And that is actually impressive given his competition, like Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, Janet Reno, Bill Barr, etc. https://t.co/H2AhHYGhCo

— AntrimHill 🇺🇸🐸 (@AntrimHill) November 6, 2024

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While Barr earned heavy criticism from conservatives and the president-elect (still getting used to writing that) after many felt he undermined Trump following the 2020 election loss, he’s right: this charade needs to stop. 

He continued:

Barr asserted that the legal theories in some of the cases already had been "greatly weakened by a series of court decisions," and that the matters "have now been extensively aired and rejected by the American people."

Once Trump takes office in January, Barr pointed out, prosecutors will be unable to continue the cases during his term. A Trump-appointed attorney general could end the federal cases brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith; one in Washington, D.C., for alleged efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, and another in Florida based on allegations dealing with retaining classified documents after his first term.

Imagine trying to survive all those cases—all while trying to run an election. The financial cost and the emotional toll must have been staggering, yet Trump was somehow willing to prevail again and again—most satisfyingly, on Tuesday night when he won his bid for a return to the Oval Office.

Merrick Garland is of course a villain in this ongoing weaponization of our government, but we cannot forget who put him there: Joe Biden. The president—yes, we’ve still got a few more months of him—is already the Forgotten Man, but this perversion of our democracy will go down as one of the biggest stains on his already soiled legacy.

As of now, there are still several active prosecutions:

However, Trump would be powerless to stop state cases brought against him in New York and Georgia. One is a pending state criminal case in Georgia based on alleged efforts to overturn that state’s results in the 2020 election. He has also been convicted in a New York criminal case for falsifying business records related to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election and has a sentencing hearing set for later this month.

Barr said the local prosecutors and judges need to move on from the spectacle of prosecuting a soon-to-be sitting president.

"Further maneuvering on these cases in the weeks ahead would serve no legitimate purpose and only distract the country and the incoming administration from the task at hand," he said.

"The public interest now demands that the country unite and focus on the challenges we face at home and abroad. Attorney General Garland and all the state prosecutors should do the right thing and help the country move forward by dismissing the cases," he added.

To the victors go the spoils. Do the right thing, DOJ and local prosecutors: admit defeat and move on.