Former AG Barr Says Maduro Will Likely Be Convicted, Get Manuel Noriega-Level Sentence

Then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr in St. Louis, Mo., on Oct. 15, 2020. Jeff Roberson/Pool/Getty ImagesFormer Attorney General William Barr said that he believes deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro will be convicted and will receive a sentence comparable to the one handed down to former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega.Barr was an assistant attorney general when the U.S. military invaded Panama and captured Noriega, and was involved in the case against him when he was attorney general under the first Bush administration.