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Giantone · 10-02-2020, 06:20 AM

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-600-for...194142299.html

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USA TODAY
1,600 former Justice Department lawyers accuse Barr of using DOJ to help Trump in election

Kristine Phillips and Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
Thu, October 1, 2020, 3:49 PM EDT
WASHINGTON – Former Justice Department attorneys expressed concerns Thursday that Attorney General William Barr is using the power of the agency to help President Donald Trump win reelection, citing statements Barr had made about mail-in ballots and the politically fraught inquiry into the Russia investigation.

"We fear that Attorney General Barr intends to use the DOJ's vast law enforcement powers to undermine our most fundamental democratic value: free and fair elections," according to an open letter signed by about 1,600 former Justice Department employees.

Barr has echoed the president's attacks on mail-in ballots as more states have allowed voting by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic.

"People are trying to change the rules to this, to this methodology – which, as a matter of logic, is very open to fraud and coercion – is reckless and dangerous and people are playing with fire," the attorney general said in an interview with CNN last month.

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Last week, the Justice Department announced an investigation into nine discarded mail-in ballots reportedly recovered from a county elections office in northeast Pennsylvania. Seven of the nine ballots had been cast for the president, who has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that massive fraud involving mail-in ballots is underway. The announcement, which did not suggest the type of "out-of-control" fraud the president has claimed, was "premature and improper" and gave the White House and the Trump campaign a talking point to discredit mail-in voting, the letter said.

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Giantone Gamebreaker Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 14,590	Re: When is Enough ,Enough? https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-600-for...194142299.html chico add these guys to the list! USA TODAY 1,600 former Justice Department lawyers accuse Barr of using DOJ to help Trump in election Kristine Phillips and Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY Thu, October 1, 2020, 3:49 PM EDT WASHINGTON – Former Justice Department attorneys expressed concerns Thursday that Attorney General William Barr is using the power of the agency to help President Donald Trump win reelection, citing statements Barr had made about mail-in ballots and the politically fraught inquiry into the Russia investigation. "We fear that Attorney General Barr intends to use the DOJ's vast law enforcement powers to undermine our most fundamental democratic value: free and fair elections," according to an open letter signed by about 1,600 former Justice Department employees. Barr has echoed the president's attacks on mail-in ballots as more states have allowed voting by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic. "People are trying to change the rules to this, to this methodology – which, as a matter of logic, is very open to fraud and coercion – is reckless and dangerous and people are playing with fire," the attorney general said in an interview with CNN last month. Trump emphasizes violence in cities: Are his 'law and order' tactics working? Last week, the Justice Department announced an investigation into nine discarded mail-in ballots reportedly recovered from a county elections office in northeast Pennsylvania. Seven of the nine ballots had been cast for the president, who has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that massive fraud involving mail-in ballots is underway. The announcement, which did not suggest the type of "out-of-control" fraud the president has claimed, was "premature and improper" and gave the White House and the Trump campaign a talking point to discredit mail-in voting, the letter said. __________________ ....DISCLAIMER: All of my posts/threads are my expressed typed opinion and the reader is not to assume these comments are absolute fact, law, or truth unless otherwise stated in said post/thread.