When Barr says, "whose agents do you think you are?" to the FBI, I believe he is making a veiled legal argument. Remember that Barr believes in the "unitary executive" theory, and that therefore the president can& #39;t, e.g., obstruct justice. 1/

When he says that the FBI and DOJ prosecutors are his "agents," he is suggesting that legally they are extensions of him -- and he is also suggesting that he is an "agent" (i.e., a legal extension of) of the President. Ergo: 2/

If Trump can& #39;t obstruct justice, then nothing that Barr does on his behalf, or that he instructs his prosecutors or FBI to do, can be obstruction, either. In other words, *not only* can this entire legal arm of the government have the power and immunities of POTUS himself, but 3/

They also have no room to object, resign, whistleblow, etc. because by definition they can& #39;t be doing anything illegal or be asked to do anything illegal as long as it can be justified as being in POTUS& #39; Art. II authority. It& #39;s a crazy argument, but I think it& #39;s what he is saying

P.S. The irony of his view of POTUS& #39; power, of course, is that if you buy it, it means that the whole "Durham investigation" is a crock of https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💩" title="Dreckshaufen" aria-label="Emoji: Dreckshaufen"> because as long as the FBI and DOJ were acting with acquiescence from Obama, anything they do is legal. To wit: https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-barr-cant-investigate-barack-obama-who-says-so-bill-barr">https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-barr...