 On Fox News, former Attorney General William Barr downplayed the importance of this ruling. Let's listen to a little bit of that. The president can direct that a case be dropped, and that's part of his constitutional authority. But, you know, he cannot accept a bribe to do that because that's receiving a bribe. He doesn't have authority to receive a bribe. Okay. Could you convict a former president for taking a bribe in that circumstance? No.