Barr Blasts His Own Prosecutors: ‘All Power Is Vested In The Attorney General’

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September 17th, 2020

U.S. Attorney General William Barr, seen here in Phoenix Sept. 10, called his colleagues at the Justice Department a “permanent bureaucracy,” in a speech Wednesday.

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Updated at 8:22 a.m. ET

Attorney General Bill Barr blasted his own Justice Department prosecutors as a “permanent bureaucracy” that all too often abuse their power to go after high-profile targets in a process he likened to “headhunting.”

In remarks Wednesday to a largely conservative audience celebrating Constitution Day at Hillsdale College, the leader of the Justice Department asserted that he’s the one who should make the big calls in cases of national interest.

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