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edhopper

(33,604 posts)
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 01:10 PM Oct 2020

DOJ Frees Federal Prosecutors to Take Steps That Could Interfere With Elections,

Weakening Long-standing Policy.

https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-frees-federal-prosecutors-to-take-steps-that-could-interfere-with-elections-weakening-long-standing-policy

The Department of Justice has weakened its long-standing prohibition against interfering in elections, according to two department officials.

Avoiding election interference is the overarching principle of DOJ policy on voting-related crimes. In place since at least 1980, the policy generally bars prosecutors not only from making any announcement about ongoing investigations close to an election but also from taking public steps — such as an arrest or a raid — before a vote is finalized because the publicity could tip the balance of a race.

But according to an email sent Friday by an official in the Public Integrity Section in Washington, now if a U.S. attorney’s office suspects election fraud that involves postal workers or military employees, federal investigators will be allowed to take public investigative steps before the polls close, even if those actions risk affecting the outcome of the election.


Expect numerous bullshit announcements out of Barr's DOJ right before the election.
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DOJ Frees Federal Prosecutors to Take Steps That Could Interfere With Elections, (Original Post) edhopper Oct 2020 OP
Pulling out all the stops. mindfulNJ Oct 2020 #1
The numbers are there for a huge voting turnout . .... Iliyah Oct 2020 #2
There it is. NT enough Oct 2020 #3
Hopefully most people will have already voted. ananda Oct 2020 #4
States control the elections. Feds interfering w/ state run elections doesn't bode well for SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #5
Kick dalton99a Oct 2020 #6
Is this the big DOJ announcement? rusty fender Oct 2020 #7
No edhopper Oct 2020 #9
Thanks! rusty fender Oct 2020 #12
Whichever attorneys contribute to this election interference should be the first ones fired after BComplex Oct 2020 #8
EVERYONE edhopper Oct 2020 #10
Some of them were already hired, but have supported Barr or trump in some way. FBI, CIA, etc. BComplex Oct 2020 #11
First fire all those he hired edhopper Oct 2020 #13

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
2. The numbers are there for a huge voting turnout . ....
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 01:16 PM
Oct 2020

in favor of Biden/Harris even they could not contest that.

SWBTATTReg

(22,156 posts)
5. States control the elections. Feds interfering w/ state run elections doesn't bode well for
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 01:21 PM
Oct 2020

any interference on anybody's part.

BComplex

(8,059 posts)
8. Whichever attorneys contribute to this election interference should be the first ones fired after
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 01:28 PM
Oct 2020

Biden appoints a legitimate atty. general.

BComplex

(8,059 posts)
11. Some of them were already hired, but have supported Barr or trump in some way. FBI, CIA, etc.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 02:01 PM
Oct 2020

He's had enablers in every agency. Just goes to show how much the white supremacists and political hacks have infiltrated our government agencies.

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