Attorney General Barr concocts new lies to undermine absentee voting

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Source: American Independent



By Emily Singer -June 1, 2020 12:07 PM

William Barr is propping up false claims by Donald Trump that absentee voting allows massive voter fraud.

Attorney General William Barr is pushing a new conspiracy theory about absentee voting, falsely claiming that voting by mail is vulnerable to foreign manipulation.

"We've been talking about how, in terms of foreign influence, there are a number of foreign countries that could easily make counterfeit ballots, put names on them, send them in," Barr told the New York Times. "And it'd be very hard to sort out what's happening."

The comment is Barr's latest attempt to prop up one of Donald Trump's false conspiracy theories.

His claim is easily debunked.





Read more: https://americanindependent.com/william-barr-mail-voting-conspiracy-theories-donald-trump-attorney-general-2020-election/

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Barr lied about the contents of former special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to spin the findings and make them look better for Trump.

He also lied about the findings of a report that found that the investigation itself was legitimate, and instead is overseeing his own investigation into false conspiracy theories about the basis for it to prop up Trump's lie that former President Barack Obama spied on the Trump campaign.

Barr also intervened in the prosecutions of Trump ally Roger Stone and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. Career Justice Department prosecutors resigned in protest over his meddling in the Stone case; Sen. Elizabeth Warren called his interference in the Flynn case "blatantly corrupt," and other lawmakers called for his disbarment.

[MontanaMama]

1. We're going to have to fight like hell

to keep vote by mail especially in states with repuke governors.

[stillcool]

2. if that were the case..

he'd be all for it.

[Mr.Bill]

3. Actually fake foreign ballots

would be very easy to detect. He's full of shit.

[RDANGELO]

14. Yes, if they are not registered to vote.,It would be very easy.

'make counterfeit ballots, put names on them, send them in,"

[Mr.Bill]

16. That's only one way.

I'm not going to go into all the details but let me say I have been a Precinct Inspector for the Registrar of Voters in my county and the way things are set up, it would take collusion on the part of a handful of people at several levels to do what Barr is talking about. No way it would happen unless the local Registrar's office was entirely corrupt. And even then any outside investigation would turn it up.

[msongs]

4. opinion and analysis nt

[Iliyah]

5. This man needs to be investigated . .

[scarletwoman]

6. What utterly absurd nonsense. (nt)

[Talitha]

7. Their bogus ballots are probably waiting to be dropped in the mail.

As usual, they're telling us exactly what they intend to do.

[Glorfindel]

8. He should haul his fat ass back to Naboo...

[Frances]

9. Trump is just mad that

Voting by mail will foil Putin’s plan to hack our voting machines so Biden votes can be changed to Trump votes
If I remember correctly, McConnell blocked efforts to protect our voting machines

[CaptYossarian]

18. Hard to believe that a simple movie like Man of the Year

was so prophetic.

A TV "star" becoming president due to shady voting machines? Yeah, tell me another one.

[Tatertot]

10. As easy as counterfeiting money.

Let’s all stop using money. Foreign governments could print fake money too

[samsingh]

11. what kind of a treacherous moron is this AG?

[usaf-vet]

13. The worse kind. One with no morals. One willing to ignore treasonous behavior starting at the top.

[Raven]

12. If they're not already, they could be "Barr" coded. (Ouch!Awful pun, sorry!)

[Baitball Blogger]

15. So, it's the opposite.

What he really means is that mail in ballots are not easily manipulated by foreign intervention.

[Thekaspervote]

17. Who's worse him... or the fucking idiot king!!??