While repeatedly castigated for shielding President Donald Trump and his allies from legal jeopardy, William Barr did not refer to specific cases. But he asserted that career prosecutors can 'sometimes become headhunters.'
Attorney General William Barr defended his turbulent tenure at the Justice Department Wednesday, claiming that his personal involvement in criminal cases is expressly authorized by presidential appointment and Senate confirmation as the nation's chief law enforcement officer.
"The men and women who have ultimate authority in the Justice Department are thus the ones on whom our elected officials have conferred that responsibility," Barr said."That blessing by the two political branches of government gives these officials democratic legitimacy that career officials simply do not possess.
"Our system works best when leavened by judgment, discretion, proportionality, and consideration of alternative sanctions — all the things that supervisors provide," the attorney general said."Cases must be supervised by someone who does not have a narrow focus, but who is broad-gauged and pursuing a general agenda...
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