<p>Former president&nbsp;<a class="link " rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump" _mce_href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;lashed out at his former ally&nbsp;<a class="link " rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/bill-barr" _mce_href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/bill-barr" target="_blank">Bill Barr</a>, calling him “sloppy” and “weak,” for saying that it was increasingly likely he would face criminal charges.</p> <p>Mr Trump posted on his Truth Social account: “Sloppy Bill Barr was a weak and ineffective Attorney General who was fired (he didn’t quit!), and now he’s nothing more than a disgruntled former ‘employee’.”</p> <p>He raged on: “Barr was a ‘Bushie’ who was petrified of being impeached, which the Dems were going to do until he changed course on the rigged election.”</p> <p>Mr Trump also claimed that the Mar-a-Lago documents case was a hoax. “He knows nothing about the document hoax, and as a lawyer and former AG, shouldn’t be talking.”</p> <p>Mr. Barr said in an interview with PBS that the former president would most likely face criminal charges.</p> <p>Separately, Mr Barr, in a scathing op-ed published in the&nbsp;<em>New York Post</em>&nbsp;on Monday, warned that Mr Trump “will burn the whole house down” and advocated for a new leader for the Republican Party.</p>