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groundloop

(11,488 posts)
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 05:07 AM Sep 2020

Attorney General William Barr accuses some DOJ prosecutors of becoming 'headhunters'

Source: ABC News

Attorney General William Barr took sharp aim at federal line prosecutors in remarks at Hillsdale College's "Constitution Day" celebration Wednesday evening, describing them as improperly working to take law enforcement decisions into their own hands in contravention of the traditional chain of command.

"Even the most well-meaning people can do great damage if they lose perspective," Barr said. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions, as they say. Individual prosecutors can sometimes become headhunters, consumed with taking down their target."

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Barr's remarks come as he has repeatedly faced pushback within the department from federal career prosecutors involved in cases related to allies of President Donald Trump, such as self-proclaimed "dirty trickster" Roger Stone and Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Career prosecutors resigned from both cases after what they believed were Barr's improper interventions in matters of direct political interest to Trump.

And just last week, a top prosecutor for U.S. attorney John Durham, assisting him in his probe of the Russia investigation, resigned from the DOJ. The Hartford Courant reported the resignation was related to pressure from Barr to produce an interim report prior to the November presidential election.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/attorney-general-william-barr-accuses-doj-prosecutors-headhunters/story?id=73064588&cid=clicksource_4380645_1_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed

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Attorney General William Barr accuses some DOJ prosecutors of becoming 'headhunters' (Original Post) groundloop Sep 2020 OP
Bill Barr will actually start openly campaigning for Trump...watch ashredux Sep 2020 #1
It's even worse PSPS Sep 2020 #2
Well, a lot of Horses are already out of the barn... ashredux Sep 2020 #3
Lord, I hope so. True Blue American Sep 2020 #5
if anyone would know how the road to hell is paved Garion_55 Sep 2020 #4
You haven't fucking seen headhunting yet Billy Boy maxrandb Sep 2020 #6
No worries Bill, we all know where YOUR head is FakeNoose Sep 2020 #7
So prosecutors prosecute cases and members of the Federal Bureau Investigations investigate crimes? Botany Sep 2020 #8
barr may not have the option to quit empedocles Sep 2020 #9
Guess he's the Biden headhunter. sinkingfeeling Sep 2020 #10
This Federalist Society POS has now gone completely rogue ...................... turbinetree Sep 2020 #11
Actually, he's finally started to sound like the scared little whelp he really is. Poor Billy! machoneman Sep 2020 #12
Barr is a national expert on the road to hell. milestogo Sep 2020 #13
Oh please, can't we disbarr this $hit? Karma13612 Sep 2020 #14
Feeling the heat, are we? bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #15
Don't we wish. JudyM Sep 2020 #16
Billy has lost his shit. BlueIdaho Sep 2020 #17

ashredux

(2,593 posts)
1. Bill Barr will actually start openly campaigning for Trump...watch
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 05:11 AM
Sep 2020

Before the Election he will come out and say Joe Biden committed crimes in “spying “ on Trump and his campaign....

PSPS

(13,512 posts)
2. It's even worse
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 05:31 AM
Sep 2020

I heard tonight that Barr intends to force all career prosecutors to have their cases "reviewed" by political appointees (i.e., "minders" ) before they can proceed with filing any charges.

ashredux

(2,593 posts)
3. Well, a lot of Horses are already out of the barn...
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 05:41 AM
Sep 2020

Barr will join John Mitchell as a convicted criminal on a Wiki page In the near future...

maxrandb

(15,191 posts)
6. You haven't fucking seen headhunting yet Billy Boy
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 06:21 AM
Sep 2020

Come January 2021, federal and local law enforcement are going to be so far up you and Donnie Dipshits ass they'll be able to see Red Square.

Botany

(70,291 posts)
8. So prosecutors prosecute cases and members of the Federal Bureau Investigations investigate crimes?
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 06:47 AM
Sep 2020

Who know? If you don't want the job then you can quit Billy Boy.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
11. This Federalist Society POS has now gone completely rogue ......................
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 07:37 AM
Sep 2020

he was so gungho on supporting the war effort in the 68-70 period he could have volunteered .....did he, don't think so..........he should be charged with treason, since he likes to throw around words.............

machoneman

(3,952 posts)
12. Actually, he's finally started to sound like the scared little whelp he really is. Poor Billy!
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 07:52 AM
Sep 2020

All alone at the top of the DOJ. Using the word political so, so many times. He thinks that since Trumpy won, only the politcal aspects of his prosecutors work counts. Guess what words are missing from his diatribe?

THE LAW!

Apparently, political wins, political actions and ther winners writing the scripts is all that counts in his world, a world slowly closing in on him. Too late Billy-Boy, now it's your turn to squirm.

Karma13612

(4,527 posts)
14. Oh please, can't we disbarr this $hit?
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 09:31 AM
Sep 2020

And by the way, we have been eating our vegetables now for nearly 4 years.

At some point, I expect to be allowed some dessert?

And I don’t mean some healthy Mixed-berry compote with fat free Whipped cream on top.

I mean a full fledged ice cream sundae with all the extras.
With a lovely cheese platter and port to follow.

Might be sick the next day, but it will wear off with a nice cup of oolong tea, lots of fresh water and a new Administration pledged to get America back on track. And with plenty of House cleaning, and subpoenas and indictments and investigations.

Jail, we need lots of jail time.
I say we clear out a whole wing at Alcatraz, put them there.
Yes, you are right. Alcatraz is closed. Well, all the better. No one can hear their complaints.
They don’t need heat, the couple I am thinking of have enuf body fat to keep themselves warm for some time. And there is no fear that they can escape and swim to the mainland. Ha! They couldn’t swim to shore in a kiddy pool!

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