1) @ThomasWictor @drawandstrike @_VachelLindsay_ Did anyone hear that the US DoJ updated its election offenses guidelines in December 2017? There are some real gems in here. justice.gov/criminal/file/…
2) Most notably, this document is advocating for the FEDERAL prosecution of election crimes, as state courts often don't have the resources or motivation to handle voter fraud on the scale in which it is discovered.
3) Page 19: "• Federal grand juries, the secrecy requirements of
which help protect the testimony of witnesses who
tend to be vulnerable to manipulation and intimidation."
which help protect the testimony of witnesses who
tend to be vulnerable to manipulation and intimidation."
4) "Resources to handle the labor-intensive investigations
generally required for successful prosecution of
election crime."
generally required for successful prosecution of
election crime."
5) "Detachment from local political forces and interests."
6) Nielson and the DHS was given control of the election integrity investigation in January after blue states proved reluctant to hand over their data, right in the middle of the Bannon dust-up. Which, as was insisted repeatedly, was a MASSIVE smokescreen.
7) The statement regarding this change: whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…
8) "Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity with basic information relevant to its inquiry.. has asked the DHS to review its initial findings and determine next courses of action."
9) Also relatively unremarked upon, the House Dems quite literally shat bricks over this thehill.com/regulation/adm…
10) Are we seeing any results now? Maybe not. But after the controversy of the PA-18 race (Saccone has since conceded sadly, I guess to focus on the 2018 race) we may be seeing some broadsides against the swamp here in the months leading up to the 2018 midterms. Should be fun /e
