Allegations Surface of Secret Plot Involving William Barr and Fani Willis to Block Trump’s 2024 Bid

In a surprising twist that blurs political lines, former U.S. Attorney General William Barr has been accused of secretly coordinating with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis—known for prosecuting former President Donald Trump and his allies in Georgia—on a legal strategy aimed at preventing Trump from regaining the White House in 2024.

The explosive claims come from whistleblower Patrícia Lélis, a former staff member at a prominent public relations firm run by media figure Armstrong Williams. Lélis says she attended numerous behind-the-scenes meetings involving Barr, Willis, and other political and media players, where strategies were allegedly developed to weaken Trump legally and politically following the 2020 election.

According to Lélis, these gatherings took place between 2021 and 2023, often in Washington, D.C. She says their primary focus was undermining Trump’s influence and paving the way for criminal prosecution of the former president and his inner circle.

As evidence, Lélis has shared boxes of handwritten notes and documentation with Project Veritas, an organization known for publishing whistleblower content. She claims these notes detail dozens of planning sessions where legal and media strategies were discussed to maximize the impact of pending investigations tied to Trump.

One notable meeting allegedly took place on September 6, 2021, where Barr, Willis, and CNN commentator Shermichael Singleton reportedly met to align media messaging with the congressional January 6 investigation. In her notes, Lélis wrote that the group discussed how to target key Trump allies, including Rudy Giuliani, Steve Bannon, Jeffrey Clark, and members of organizations such as the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.

Following that meeting, several of the individuals named by Barr in Lélis’s notes were issued subpoenas or criminal charges, reinforcing speculation that a coordinated effort was at play behind closed doors.

Adding to the intrigue, photos reportedly show Barr entering the headquarters of Sinclair Broadcast Group on March 15, 2022. According to Lélis, during that visit, Barr held a meeting with Willis and special counsel Jack Smith to go over upcoming federal charges related to classified documents Trump was believed to have taken from the White House. Smith would later lead the Justice Department’s case against Trump in Florida concerning those documents.

At that meeting, Lélis says Barr confidently predicted that a raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate would happen “soon”—a prediction that turned out to be accurate, as FBI agents descended on the property five months later in search of classified materials and surveillance footage.

By early 2023, the meetings reportedly took a more focused legal turn. Notes from January 19 and February 27 of that year describe planning sessions in which Barr allegedly advised Willis to pursue racketeering charges under Georgia’s RICO statute—a sweeping legal tool often used to prosecute organized crime.

“Bill Barr was like, ‘We should bring RICO because it’s a very difficult type of charge to defend,’” Lélis claimed in her interview with Project Veritas. “He was very confident that it would complicate Trump’s legal defense.”

Willis eventually did charge Trump and 18 co-defendants with violating Georgia’s racketeering laws, accusing them of engaging in a coordinated effort to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. Since then, several of those co-defendants have accepted plea deals, agreeing to testify against others in the case in exchange for reduced charges.

Lélis insists that these legal maneuvers were not just about justice—they were political.

“I understood very clearly that this was about stopping Trump,” she said. “Bill Barr, Armstrong [Williams], and the rest—they were all focused on making sure Trump couldn’t return to power.”

But the alleged efforts went beyond legal tactics. According to Lélis, Willis also collaborated with a digital team to manage a media campaign designed to shape public opinion. This included the creation and distribution of social media posts aimed at discrediting Trump and bolstering support for his prosecution.

The full implications of these claims remain unclear, but they raise questions about whether political and media forces are working in tandem with elements of the legal system to shape electoral outcomes.

Neither Barr nor Willis has publicly responded to the accusations at the time of this writing. However, supporters of Trump are already calling for investigations into what they describe as a weaponization of the justice system by figures on both sides of the political spectrum.

As the 2024 election approaches, these revelations—if substantiated—could further inflame an already deeply divided political landscape, casting a shadow over the legal battles surrounding the former president.