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mysteryowl

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Fri Sep 25, 2020, 09:06 AM Sep 2020

'His abuses have escalated': Barr's kinship with Trump fuels election fears

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/25/bill-barr-donald-trump-election-steal-fears

The attorney general has been spouting attacks on election integrity, and, critics say, has a deep sense of mission about re-electing the president.

onald Trump’s astonishing suggestion at a campaign rally last weekend that the US president will deploy government lawyers to try to hit the brakes on the counting of ballots on election night relies on the complicity of one federal official more than any other.

That official is attorney general William Barr, who, as leader of the justice department, directs the army of government lawyers who would sue to halt the counting of votes.

Conveniently for Trump’s stated plan, Barr appears not only ready to acquiesce, he seems eager to bring the lawsuits, having laid groundwork for challenging the election with weeks of misleading statements about the integrity of mail-in voting.

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Barr must be impeached - NOW!
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'His abuses have escalated': Barr's kinship with Trump fuels election fears (Original Post) mysteryowl Sep 2020 OP
Agree world wide wally Sep 2020 #1
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