Barr's DOJ. Pieces of a puzzle falling into place???

[skip fox]

1.) Barr grants DOJ the authority to investigate issues of election irregularities and fraud prior to state certification of vote. (And even seems to encourage it.)
2.) It's harder to decertify the state's election result after certification.
3.) The DOJ's investigation finds (invents) irregularities that imply the election was fraudulent (prior to certification of course)
4.) If the state legislature feels (claims) the election was fraudulent, they can choose a different set of electors.

This looks like pieces of a nasty puzzle falling into place. And when that happens, we should be hyper-aware even if it doesn't seem likely, even if it appears farfetched.

[exboyfil]

1. Trust me that is the scenario in my head as well

Ten AGs have already signed on to this travesty. There is already evidence of Barr's DOJ altering documents in other cases. A bad election being thrown to the legislatures has already been accepted in theory as a recourse.

[soothsayer]

2. No, it's just stupidity to feed the magats so trump can fleece them

Barr gives a concerned “oh my, what is going on here?” And drumpf pleads for legal defense money, and his dummies send money and drumpf takes it and laughs.

Something like that, I think.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. So, what do we do about it?

[skip fox]

4. More signs??

And today, I just read, Trump is filing a lawsuit in Pennsylvania which attempts to impede smaller certifications:


"President Trump’s campaign on Monday filed a new lawsuit against Pennsylvania’s secretary of state and seven counties, seeking an injunction prohibiting them from certifying the state’s results of the 2020 election." The Hill)

[Kablooie]

5. The coup is in full swing. For real.

[skip fox]

6. And now, midday on the 10th, McConnell implies fraud and Pompeo is talking about a 2nd Trump term.

Is one just covering for Trump and the other trolling Liberals?

Perhaps.


But . . .

[Dem2]

7. Stop

STOP!

[skip fox]

8. I don't even talk to small children in that manner.

[not_the_one]

9. I have wondered if they would try this. Malcom Nance suggested they may.

The republican controlled legislatures would surely do this.

Do they have to be asked to do this by their governors? Or just the White House?

But it also made me wonder... There are states who are controlled by democratic legislatures. I know there are fewer dem state legislatures than rep state legislatures. What if the dem states control more electors? Could they do the same and try to balance it out, or reverse the intent?

One thing it WOULD do is get the subject of the Electoral College front and center for a discussion of elimination... Can you imagine if this became the norm?

[skip fox]

10. And this fits the pattern:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214524092


Tweet text:
Andrew Weissmann
@AWeissmann_
ANTICIPATE Trump-Barr upcoming argument: the presidential votes should not be certified as the election is "under audit" given open DOJ voting investigations, to which Barr opened floodgates yesterday.
12:29 PM · Nov 10, 2020

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My fears might be baseless, but are shared by many.

Some have said Trump needs only convince state legislators that he election was fraudulent (or give them enough cover for their statement to that effect) they can say they believe to send up another slate of electors regardless of the governor because then it would be put into the lap of the Supreme Court. And he feels he would prevail there.

The cost of liberty is eternal vigilance, too slightly rephrase Jefferson.