DoJ prohibited from interfering
Barr is helping Trump violate all the norms, as usual.
Ellen Weintraub, the Federal Election Commissioner told CNN on Saturday that “there really has been no evidence of fraud” this election. “Very few substantiated complaints, let me put it that way. There is no evidence of any kind of voter fraud,” she said. “There is no evidence of illegal votes being cast.”
But in Barr’s memo, the attorney general tells prosecutors that, “although the States have the primary responsibility to conduct and supervise elections under our constitution and the laws enacted by Congress, the United States Department of Justice has an obligation to ensure that federal elections are conducted in such a way that the American people can have full confidence in their electoral process and their government.”
That would require shoving a towel in Donald Trump’s mouth and duct-taping his hands behind his back.
The memo primarily functions to erode norms and policies that typically prohibit the Justice Department from intervening before the election results are confirmed by the electoral college, and serve to sow confusion and distrust in the elections system.
The Justice Department has to intervene this time, because Trump lost. This cannot be allowed.
One simple constitutional amendment is all that is required: “Any and all of the provisions of this Constitution apply to all inside the borders of the US, except for Donald Trump of Mar-a-Lago and family, who can do as they bloody-well please.”
Trump brags about having the most votes of any sitting President, but of those votes, how many were hard line GOPers voting against Biden/Harris and not necessarily Trump supporters? Also, of all the voters who went for Biden, 4.5 million more than Trump (so far), how many didn’t necessarily vote positively for Biden, but negatively against Trump and Trumpism? That calculus would likely show that he’s not as popular as he thinks he is. The people who are supporting him in his scorched earth agenda may regret it, only idiots stay aboard a sinking ship.
The DOJ official responsible for supervising any election fraud-related prosecutions resigned in response to Barr’s memo.
And some lawyers at Jones Day are getting anxious, saying Trump’s lawsuits are aimed at eroding public confidence in the election.
Omar, I think Trump’s copy already says that. In sharpie, of course.