Federal prosecutor speaks out against boss Bill Barr: Attorney General has "brought shame" to DOJ
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Federal prosecutor speaks out against boss Bill Barr: Attorney General has "brought shame" to DOJ
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Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts James D. Herbert on Thursday slammed Attorney General William Barr for his " unprecedented politicization " of the Department of Justice, marking the first time a sitting U.S. attorney has publicly rebuked the head of the DOJ.
Herbert made the remarks in a letter published by the Boston Globe, arguing the attorney general's efforts to serve President Donald Trump are "a dangerous abuse of power."
"While I am a federal prosecutor, I am writing to express my own views, clearly not those of the department, on a matter that should concern all citizens: the unprecedented politicization of the office of the attorney general," Herbert wrote. "The attorney general acts as though his job is to serve only the political interests of Donald J. Trump. This is a dangerous abuse of power."
"William Barr has done the president's bidding at every turn," Herbert argued in his letter to the Boston Globe. "For 30 years I have been proud to say I work for the Department of Justice, but the current attorney general has brought shame on the department he purports to lead."
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Barr's resume was his summary of the Mueller report.
Do you think his resume` will get him that adjunct position teaching Intro to Business Law at Liberty University next year?
Herbert will most likely find himself having to seek other employment after this.
Yep, Barr bitch slapped another US Attorney (Michael Sherwin) because he wasn't doing his job and Herbert did like it.
Too bad, resign if you can't do the job the taxpayers are paying you to.
Otherwise STFU about it.
I love the hypocrisy of the Herbert claiming Barr is politically biased; when by doing so he is engaging in the exact same thing.
Where was he during the Obama administration that had two of the most politically biased DOJ's ever?