Joe Biden accuses President Trump and AG Barr of politicizing the U.S. Justice Dept., saying the president uses the agency as his 'private law firm.'
"The most dangerous thing that's happened so far is the politicization of the Department of Justice," Biden said.Jim Watson / AFP - Getty ImagesJoe Biden on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr of politicizing the Justice Department, saying the president uses the agency as his"private law firm."
"This has been the most corrupt administration in modern American history," Biden said during a question-and-answer session at a Black economic summit in Charlotte, North Carolina. "The Justice Department in my administration will be totally independent of me," Biden continued, adding that he would"not enter into" any decisions about what cases the agency would bring and not bring.
"Most of all, I’d have an attorney general who understood his oath of office," he said, saying that the department, under Barr’s watch, had become"the Department of Trump.""The most dangerous thing that's happened so far is the politicization of the Department of Justice," Biden said."It's become the Department of Trump, and that's wrong."
Barr has faced scathing criticism throughout his tenure leading Trump's Justice Department. Democrats have ripped him for the way heBarr has also been accused of using the agency to protect Trump and his allies. Current and former government
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