Barr Blasts His Own Prosecutors: 'All Power Is Vested In The Attorney General'
In remarks Wednesday, the attorney general also said restrictions imposed during the coronavirus are "the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history" since slavery.
by Carrie Johnson
Sep 17, 2020
2 minutes
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
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