Former DOJ Officials Condemn Barr For Interfering With Election Results

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 22: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Attorney General William Barr before presenting the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White Hous... WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 22: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Attorney General William Barr before presenting the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House May 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Comparable to the military's Medal of Honor, the Medal of Valor was established in 2000 by President Bill Clinton. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Former Department of Justice officials who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations denounced an effort by Attorney General Bill Barr to interfere with the results of the 2020 presidential election.

“The voters decide the winner in an election, not the President, and not the Attorney General.” the former DOJ officials wrote in a statement Tuesday declaring the elections, which took place last week, “fair and secure.”

The statement, by advisory board members of the Voter Protection Program, follows an effort by Barr to sow doubt about the legitimacy of a Democratic win on Monday when he issued a new Trump-friendly memo that allowed investigations into unfounded allegations of mass voter fraud before the election results are certified.

“We have seen absolutely no evidence of anything that should get in the way of certification of the results, which is something the states handle, not the federal government,” the group wrote. “The American people spoke clearly, and now the country needs to move forward toward a peaceful transfer of power.”

The rebuke of Barr’s political efforts to interfere in elections results, comes as President Trump has refused for more than three days to concede to President-elect Joe Biden who was declared the projected winner in the presidential race on Saturday.

The six signatories to the statement includes former deputy attorney general under the Bush administration, Don Ayer, as well as Greg Brower, a former Assistant Director and Deputy General Counsel of the FBI. Brower was also once the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada — a state that has been a target of Trump’s battle to subtract ballots that favored President-elect Biden.

The statement by former DOJ officials, some of them serving under GOP administrations, sharply contrasts the complicity and even egging on by Republicans on Capitol Hill who have suggested that Trump is justified in efforts to contest the results of an election that he lost.

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  1. Barr doesn’t care. He just doesn’t give a rat’s ass what anyone else thinks.

    Legacy…schmegacy.

    MEANWHILE…the WH is NOT sharing the daily briefings with Joe. This was done while things were up in the air during the FL recount. It’s only logical.

    FUCKERS.

    I guess they are too ashamed to show Joe all the bullet points and dumbed down diagrams and pictures, since that’s how they do daily briefings right now for donnie dum dum.

    ETA: I believe repubs used to be afraid that doing things that are WHOLLY partisan AND run counter to the best interests of the nation were bad actions politically. After observing donnie for four years, they’ve realized that there is a HUGE chunk of the populace who do not understand, don’t WANT to understand and frankly make fun of those who want to understand. It’s governing as Wrestlemania.

  2. There must be serious legal and professional consequences for Barr’s many misdeeds. Otherwise they become precedent for future GOPers to do the same thing, and worse: the GOP is as Mary Trump describes Agent Orange - too much and never enough.

  3. Here’s who @RichardGrenell and @mschlapp are accusing of casting thousands of “improper” votes in Nevada: military voters and their spouses, who can *legally* cast ballots from out of state.

    “The list has addresses that are literally on Air Force bases.”https://t.co/qwTKvow2ut

    — Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) November 10, 2020
  4. … policy that allowed investigations into unfounded allegations of mass voter fraud before the election results are certified.

    After all, some vote counters voted for Democrats. Only Republicans can say whether they were legal.

  5. Barr had to do it. When you’re a consigliere in a crime family ….

    @edgarant I wish someone would explain to me why he hasn’t already been disbarred.

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