Charles Pierce: Republicans Create the Doubts, Then They 'Investigate' Them

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a36560169/wisconsin-republicans-election-investigation/


Audit Fever Sweeps Nation!

From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:

[State Assembly Speaker Robin] Vos in a Wednesday interview said he was giving the investigators a broad mandate to spend about three months reviewing all tips and following up on the most credible ones. In addition to the grant spending, he said they may look into claims of double voting and review how clerks fixed absentee ballot credentials.

“Is there a whole lot of smoke or is there actual fire? We just don’t know yet,” Vos said…Vos said he is hiring three form er law enforcement officers along with an attorney who will oversee them. As contractors with the Legislature, they will have subpoena power. Anyone they subpoena will be immune from criminal prosecution, he said.

Wisconsin Republicans are peculiarly nihilistic, and they have been ever since the arrival of Scott Walker in the state’s politics. (Thanks again, Charlie Sykes). Wisconsin cops have a history of being particularly biased and violent. So to oversee the farce, Vos is bringing some of these people out of retirement, handing them subpoena power, and turning them loose to ratfck an election result that most of them likely believe was the product of some sort of magical swindle they learned about 1o minutes ago on the radio.

Vos said the investigators likely will provide him a report by the fall with their findings. He said he wants to identify laws that should be changed rather than try to find people who the investigators believe have violated the law. He did not rule out the possibility the investigators would refer some matters to prosecutors.

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[ClimateHawk]

1. Reminds me of "Doubt is our product" from the tobacco industry.

[JHB]

2. See various "Clinton scandals" and solemn intonation of "Where there's smoke..."

[dalton99a]

3. Where are Trump's tax returns?

[bullimiami]

4. Invent not create.