Federal prosecutors assigned to monitor election malfeasance tell Barr they see no evidence of subst
Source: Washington Post
Federal prosecutors assigned to monitor election malfeasance tell Barr they see no evidence of substantial irregularities
November 13, 2020 at 2:49 p.m. CST
Sixteen assistant U.S. attorneys specially assigned to monitor malfeasance in the 2020 election urged Attorney General William P. Barr on Friday to rescind his recent memorandum allowing investigators to publicly pursue allegations of “vote tabulation irregularities” in certain cases before results are certified, saying they had not seen evidence of any substantial anomalies.
In a letter — an image of which was shown to The Washington Post — the assistant U.S. attorneys told Barr that the release of his Monday memorandum — which changed long-standing Justice Department policy on the steps prosecutors can take before the results of an election are certified — “thrusts career prosecutors into partisan politics.”
The signers wrote that in the places where they served as district election officers, taking in reports of possible election-related crimes, there was no evidence of the kind of fraud that Barr’s memo had highlighted. Barr’s memo authorized prosecutors “to pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities prior to the certification of elections in your jurisdictions in certain cases,” particularly where the outcome of an election could be affected.
“The policy change was not based in fact,” the assistant U.S. attorneys wrote...........
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/william-barr-election-memo/2020/11/13/6ed06d20-25e4-11eb-a688-5298ad5d580a_story.html
Barr got a smackdown!!
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Attorney General William P. Barr leaves the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Nov. 9. (Susan Walsh/AP)
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