Posted on 11/09/2020 5:20:15 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Attorney General William P. Barr on Monday gave federal prosecutors approval to pursue allegations of “vote tabulation irregularities” in certain cases before results are certified and indicated he had already done so “in specific instances” — a reversal of long-standing Justice Department policy that quickly drew criticism for fueling unfounded claims of massive election fraud pushed by President Trump and other conservatives.
The two-page memo comes as the Trump campaign and its allies have urged the department to investigate their claims, despite little evidence that such fraud exists. Justice Department officials had previously confirmed they were looking into allegations in Nevada, and had referred other information out of Michigan to the FBI.
In his memo, circulated two days after results showed former vice president Joe Biden had defeated Trump, Barr seemed to take aim at previous guidance from the Justice Department’s Election Crimes Branch that said prosecutors should not — in most instances — take overt steps in voter fraud or related investigations until after election results are in and certified. The guidance was designed to ensure that voters and state and local election officials, rather than the federal government, decide the results.
But Barr wrote that the previous directive was never “a hard and fast rule,” and that a “passive and delayed enforcement approach can result in situations in which election misconduct cannot realistically be rectified.” He also noted that concern about the Justice Department influencing an election were reduced once voters had finished casting ballots.
“Given this, and given that voting in our current elections has now concluded, I authorize you to pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities prior to the certification of elections in your jurisdictions in certain cases, as I have already done in specific instances,” Barr wrote.
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LOL!
True.
That headline is symptomatic of all the Microsfot News and others: “makes unfounded claims”. So infuriating. That used to be on the opinion page, not news.
Typical Washington ComPost headline
Unfounded? Then why is the DoJ investigating?
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So Barr “gave approval” to investigate?
Not good enough. It needs to be an actual order. Active, not passive.
,,,,if they were investigating Trump it would be damning, provable claims
Nobody should mind an investgation if those claims are unfounded.
They are only unfounded if you are a libtard.
Washington Post, aka Pravda , official paper of the CCPSA
Hard and fast rule???
When the results are certified, you are NEVER going to overturn them. NO MATTER HOW MANY DEAD PEOPLE OR FRAUDULENT VOTES MIGHT NEED TO BE OVERTURNED!
It is with a heavy heart that I say I don’t have much faith or trust on the DoJ.
I pray to Dear God that my misgivings are proven to be wrong.
Will this have any effect on the state AGs investigations?
DOJ /fbi is the enemy.
Remember fbi is invetigating hunter since 10 months
barr/durham investigating russia fraud
Nothing to get excited about.
Trump just fired asper. Now fire barr, durham, sdny, wray, haspel, milli
I HATE the word “irregularities.”
How about conniving, chicanery, fraud, scheming, fraud, flimflammery, hanky-panky, treachery, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, skullduggery, subterfuge, trickery, wile, sorcery, cunning, deviousness, foxiness, oiliness, unctuousness, shadiness, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, sneakiness, underhandedness, or wiliness?
ANYTHING but “irregularities.”
If the Democrats and anyone colluding with them perpetrated election fraud (as it appears), they MUST be tried, and if convicted, they MUST hang. That is outright treason.
The more adjectives a headline and article have, the more full of lies it is.
Good news but still reflects the Washington Compost bias.
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