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@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 (1/2) In response to this⤵️...

https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1325781192155619329

@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 (2/2) BOLO articles on this⤵️ breaking news: h/t @mattdpearce /end

https://twitter.com/krystafauria/status/1325946741212868608

@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 @mattdpearce 3/ "Attorney General William P Barr, wading into President Trump’s unfounded accusations of widespread election irregularities, told federal prosecutors on Monday [Nov 9 2020]...they were allowed to investigate 'specific allegations'...h/t @LincolnsBible

https://twitter.com/nytmike/status/1325988482897113088

@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 @mattdpearce @LincolnsBible 4/ ...of voter fraud before the results of the presidential race are certified. Mr. Barr’s authorization prompted the Justice Dept official who 👉oversees investigations of voter fraud, Richard Pilger👈, to step down from the post within hours... (con't)

@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 @mattdpearce @LincolnsBible 5/ ...according to an email Mr. Pilger sent to colleagues that was obtained by The New York Times."
"Mr. Barr’s directive ignored the Justice Dept’s longstanding policies intended to keep law enforcement from affecting the outcome of an election. (con't)

https://twitter.com/MikeBalsamo1/status/1325957174082859016

@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 @mattdpearce @LincolnsBible 6/ ...And it followed a move weeks before the election in which the department lifted a prohibition on voter fraud investigations before an election."
"A Justice Dept official said that Mr. Barr had authorized scrutiny of allegations about ineligible voters in Nevada... (con't)

@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 @mattdpearce @LincolnsBible 7/ ...and backdated mail-in ballots Pennsylvania. Republicans have circulated both claims in recent days without any evidence emerging to back them."
"[C]overt investigative steps, like an investigator going undercover, are allowed but... (con't)

@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 @mattdpearce @LincolnsBible 8/ ...require the permission of a career prosecutor in the department’s Criminal Division. Mr. Barr’s memo allows U.S. attorneys to bypass that career prosecutor and take their requests to his office for approval, effectively weakening a key safeguard... (con't)

@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 @mattdpearce @LincolnsBible 9/ ...that prevents political interference in an election by the party in power."
[S]peaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution," "Justice Dept prosecutors...said that the public posturing by the department also gave Republicans... (con't)

@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 @mattdpearce @LincolnsBible 10/ ...including Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, a tool to refuse to acknowledge Mr. Biden as the president-elect. Mr. McConnell and Mr. Barr met on Monday afternoon." (more...)

https://twitter.com/BresPolitico/status/1325882898982068227

@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 @mattdpearce @LincolnsBible 11/ "Justice Dept investigators are looking into a referral from the Republican Party in Nevada, which claims over 3,000 people who live outside the state voted in its election, the department official said."
"A federal judge dismissed the claim in court last week." (more...)

@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 @mattdpearce @LincolnsBible 12/ ...The department is also reviewing a sworn affidavit written by a postal worker in Erie, Pa., alleging that post office officials devised a plan to backdate mail ballots in the state, the official said. The local postmaster has denied the allegations and said... (con't)

@loonyberg @AshaRangappa_ @DavidManOnFire @janforney1 @barrelrider684 @mattdpearce @LincolnsBible 13/ ...that the accuser has been disciplined multiple times in the past. That affidavit was sent to the department by Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who is a close ally of the president." /end