The attorney general commented on the chain of command in the Justice Department, questioning the actions of some justices and 'junior members.'
"Dear Everyone at @TheJusticeDept: A reminder that you work for the American people. You had to take one oath before you could work at the Department of Justice. And that oath was not to Bill Barr, it was to the Constitution of the United States."
According to ABC News, he discussed meetings with FBI agents in which he asked:"Whose agents do you think you are?""I don't say this in a pompous way, but that is the chain of authority and legitimacy in the Department of Justice." U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General William Barr step off Air Force One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on September 1, 2020.Barr has argued that there have been issues of"hyperaggressive extensions of criminal law," while suggesting"junior members" of the Justice Department should not"set the agenda."
Barr said:"Individual prosecutors can sometimes become headhunters, consumed with taking down their target.
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