AG Barr: People Criticize Me and I Don’t Say They’re Attacking the DoJ

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BARR: "Well, I think the IG report and the recent letter from the FISA court pulls the rug out from under that analysis. There were serious misconduct as the court itself has said. And one of the things that I object to is the tact being taken by Comey, which is to suggest that people who are criticizing or trying to get to the bottom of the misconduct are somehow attacking the FBI. I think that is nonsense. We are criticizing and concerned about misconduct by a few actors at the top of the FBI. And they should be criticized if they engaged in serious misconduct. That does not mean we are criticizing the FBI. And I think the tact of trying to wrap yourself in the institution and saying, gee, people who are criticizing the decisions I made are attacking the institution. I notice people don’t do that as far as I am concerned. People feel free to criticize me and I don’t say, gee, you are attacking the honest men and women of the Department of Justice. I think leaders have to own their decisions, and are fair game if they make bad decisions."