Former Attorney General Bill Barr defended his former boss, then-President Donald Trump, in response to the latest indictment out of Fulton County, Georgia, against the 77-year-old Republican presidential candidate, but predicts that he will be convicted in one of the two federal cases that he faces by next summer.

Barr made the remarks during an interview on Fox News Thursday afternoon after Trump was charged at the start of the week with 13 felonies in Georgia over his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

“Well, I’m not happy with the Georgia case,” Barr said. “I think it’s much too sweeping, much too broad, excessive case that is — make it look like people are piling on and being excessive to Trump and feed the narrative that he’s being victimized here. And I also think there’s merit in the point that this is a case that I don’t think is going to be triable before the election. It’s just too sprawling.”

Barr also hit back again on the charges out of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, saying that it was a political hit job.

Barr said that he believes Trump will be convicted on some of the dozens of felony counts that he faces in the federal criminal investigations into his handling of classified material and his alleged actions to overturn the election.

“I think the federal cases are legitimate,” he said. “At the end of the day, at the core of this thing, he engaged, in the case of the documents, in outrageous behavior where anyone would be prosecuted. I don’t know of any attorney general who could walk away from it. He’s not being prosecuted for having the documents. He’s being prosecuted for obstruction — two egregious instances are alleged. So, I think that’s a very simple case, and that should be tried. If the judge is anywhere competent, that can be concluded before the summer, and the other case after the election, he, in my opinion, he did cross the line. It wasn’t just rough and tumble politics. He crossed the line.”

Barr said that if the decision was up to him, Trump would not go to jail and instead would pay a “very substantial penalty.”

Barr also added that the lawyers in the White House at the time after the election warned Trump “that if he kept on doing this, he would spend the rest of his life tangling with the criminal justice process.”

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“And that’s exactly what’s happened,” Barr added. “He shouldn’t be surprised and no one else should be surprised.”

Country singer Kellie Pickler gave her first statement since the tragic death of her husband, Kyle Jacobs, who died by suicide on February 17, 2023.

Jacobs, who was also a musician and songwriter, was 49 at the time of his death — and Pickler, 37, offered no public remarks at the time. Thursday’s statement, given to PEOPLE Magazine, included her own personal feelings, as well as details about a memorial service for her late husband.

“One of the most beautiful lessons my husband taught me was in a moment of a crisis, if you don’t know what to do, ‘do nothing, just be still,'” she said, as if to explain her lengthy silence. “I have chosen to heed his advice.”

Pickler went on to express her thanks to friends, family members, and fans who had reached out to her in the months since Jacobs’ death.

“Thank you to my family, friends, and supporters, for the countless letters, calls, and messages that you have sent my way. It has truly touched my soul and it’s helping me get through the darkest time in my life. As many of you have told me, you are all in my prayers,” she said.

The “American Idol” alum then announced her plans to hold an “intimate memorial” for her late husband, explaining that it would likely be scheduled for this fall. “That is what Kyle would have wanted,” she said.

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According to previous reports, Nashville’s Department of Emergency Communications was called on the morning of February 17, 2023. Pickler had awakened that morning and when she was unable to locate Jacobs and found a door in the house they shared to be locked, her personal assistant made the call. When police arrived at the home, they found Jacobs to be deceased.

Authorities later revealed that the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.