Posted on 06/13/2021 12:55:30 PM PDT by blam
An Arizona state Senator has warned US Attorney General Merrick Garland that he'll 'spend time in prison' if he interferes with the 2020 post-election audit, after Garland announced on Friday that the Justice Department will look into whether any federal laws were broken - and claimed the state was employing 'abnormal' methods.
"Some jurisdictions, based on disinformation, have utilized abnormal post-election audit methodologies that may put the integrity of the voting process at risk and undermine public confidence in our democracy," said Garland.
State Rep. Wendy Rogers pushed back, tweeting: "You will not touch Arizona ballots or machines unless you want to spend time in an Arizona prison," adding "Maybe you should focus on stopping terrorism."
You will not touch Arizona ballots or machines unless you want to spend time in an Arizona prison. Maybe you should focus on stopping terrorism. The Justice Department is one of the most corrupt institutions in the USA.https://t.co/Jl2pKNpfJR — Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) June 11, 2021 The audit, conducted by Senate Republicans and authorized by Senate President Karen Fann, is the country's longest-running active 2020 election review, according to NBC 12.
Garland did allude to a letter to Fann in May from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
The letter expressed concern that the audit leader's plan to canvass door-to-door for voter information might amount to voter intimidation.
Fann responded that the plan had been scrapped.
According to Garland, audits like Arizona's will face federal scrutiny, "to ensure they abide by federal statutory requirements to protect election records and avoid the intimidation of voters."
Garland also said the DOJ would "publish guidance explaining the civil and criminal statutes that apply to post-election audits."
Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward reacted to Garland's warning, tweeting: "Seems Merrick either wants to ignore or forgot all about the US Constitution."
Seems Merrick either wants to ignore or forgot all about the US Constitution…#DOJHasNoSay #StatesRights https://t.co/aTy0DLJh1t — Dr. Kelli Ward 🇺🇸 (@kelliwardaz) June 12, 2021 Is Garland worried about something?
I assumed the Arizona audit wasn’t turning up anything
But this Nazi like threat from the US AG is what someone who believed the *opposite* would make. pic.twitter.com/ZHdFDaS0Kw — Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 13, 2021
I am amazed at how the left can twist their reality into that they think they are saving democracy.
Merrick Garland is a favorite of Obiden.
Ok I’m sorry but I have to say it....... The lady has balls
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I swear, these Communist and their leftist stooges are looking for a GD civil war.
They just keep pushing and pushing.
“Senator Wendy Rogers”
I wish there were more people like her in the Republican party. We need fighters.
Hillar{iesus - H->!]ieas Good Advice.
These arrogant Communist either haven't figured out there is NO confidence in these Government institutions, or they just flat out refuse to acknowledge it.
We’re going to have to give it up to Mitch McConnell for keeping this partisan Democrat POS off the Supreme Court.
Why, how do you know he didn’t hold back the nomination so he(Mitch) would have a nice gift to Hillary. Cynical, maybe, but Mitch is going to do what’s best for Mitch.
Merrick is a leftist pig.
Truer words were never spoken...
I remember being lectured for several years about how Merrick Garland was an even tempered centrist and it was wrong to keep him off the court.
We all now see how radical he would’ve been.
“I assumed the Arizona audit wasn’t turning up anything”
Why are you assuming this?
I cannot say I have heard anything specific being found but I have seen the Left screaming and arm waiving about the audit itself being a fraud and there being no reason at all for it to begin with and why it must be stopped.
So what have you heard and when and from where did you hear it?
Garland in an orange jumpsuit. What a picture!!!!
They are just mentally ill, I don’t even expect logic from them. It is like a child saying “No I am not, you are”
I’m surprised we haven’t started hearing stories of people in AZ dying from heart attacks.
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