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Barr takes aim at prosecutors inside his own Justice Dept.

by Associated Press
| September 17, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr is taking aim at his own Justice Department, criticizing prosecutors for behaving as “headhunters" in their pursuit of prominent targets and for using the weight of the criminal justice system to launch what he said were “ill-conceived” political probes.

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