WASHINGTON ā Attorney General William Barr is taking aim at his own Justice Department, criticizing prosecutors for behaving as āheadhunters" in their pursuit of prominent targets and for using the weight of the criminal justice system to launch what he said were āill-conceivedā political probes.
Barr has faced scrutiny for overruling the decisions of Justice Department prosecutors who work for him, including in criminal cases involving associates of President Donald Trump.
Good leaders at the Justice Department ā as at any organization ā need to trust and support their subordinates.
But that does not mean blindly deferring to whatever those subordinates want to do.āHe also took a veiled swipe at members of Mueller's team.
Dreeben was a senior member of Mueller's team.