Barr Lambastes Lower- Level DOJ Prosecutors, Comparing Them to Preschoolers
Attorney General William Barr lambasted lower level attorneys within the Department of Justice (DOJ) as he dismissed the idea of them having any authority to have input on how the federal agency is run. Barr delivered a…
Attorney General William Barr lambasted lower level attorneys within the Department of Justice (DOJ) as he dismissed the idea of them having any authority to have input on how the federal agency is run.
Barr delivered a speech on Wednesday evening at Hillsdale College in honor of Constitution Day.
Describing his own prosecutors as a “permanent bureaucracy,” Barr insisted that there is often an abuse of power in which lower-level prosecutors have taken aim at high-profile targets — a practice he believes has made them similar to “headhunters.”
Barr also compared his lower-level attorneys to Montessori preschoolers. According to Barr, line prosecutors should not be allowed to make final decisions.
“Letting the most junior members set the agenda might be a good philosophy for a Montessori preschool, but it’s no way to run a federal agency,” Barr said during his speech. “The notion that line prosecutors should make the final decisions at the Department of Justice is completely crazy.”