Department he leads didnt stop there. He mocked the very notion of deferring to any career prosecutors managing cases and asserted he and he alone has all the prosecutorial discretion he said under the law all prosecutorial power is invested in the attorney general. He mocked the very notion that any career official should be free to handle cases free from interference from him. Barr said that argument in essence means the will of the most Junior Member of the organization would determine decisions, but he insisted he would not blindly defer to whatever the subordinates want to do. Heres attorney general bill barr in his own words last night on the career men and women who make up the department of justice. Name one Successful Organization or institution where the lowest level employees decision are deemed is sacros sacrosanct there arent any good leaders at the department of justice need to trust and support their subordinates that doesnt mean blindly deferring to whatever the subordi