BREAKING: Barr Approves Election Probe

[mysteryowl]

November 9, 2020 at 7:47 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Attorney General William Barr has authorized federal prosecutors across the U.S. to pursue ‘substantial allegations’ of voting irregularities before the 2020 presidential election is certified, despite little evidence of fraud,” CNBC reports.

“Barr’s action comes days after Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Trump and raises the prospect that Trump will use the Justice Department to try to challenge the outcome. It gives prosecutors the ability to go around longstanding Justice Department policy that normally would prohibit such overt actions before the election is formally certified.”

https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/09/barr-approves-election-probe/


So far, there are ZERO substantial allegations.
This is all to make trump feel better.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I want to dedicate my life to putting him in prison and righht now I am so angry

I cant see straight or at all

[mysteryowl]

5. We have to prepare ourselved for more of this crap.

He will keep kicking and screaming like a 2 y/o until January 20th.

[greenjar_01]

2. Agreed...this is just to placate Trump

Nobody is going to seriously investigate any of these nonsense claims.

[underpants]

3. Barr would approve any probe Trump wanted him to

Just saying, for a friend

[Turbineguy]

4. Barr should

get on to the Bureau of Prisons to get the decorators in. If he's early enough he may be able to choose the color of paint in his cell.

[mysteryowl]

6. Can we impeach Barr now!!!

[Crunchy Frog]

7. The coup attempt is officially on?

[Progressive Jones]

11. Barr and Trump are great at Selling Wolf tickets...

They huff and puff, but nothing falls down.

[mysteryowl]

12. Yes, it is.

Trump Is Attempting a Coup In Plain Sight

https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/09/trump-is-attempting-a-coup-in-plain-sight/

[sweetloukillbot]

8. He's throwing this out there for Trump and Trump only

This is a nothing burger to made to look like he's doing something. From the CNBC article Goddard references:

"In a memo to U.S. attorneys, obtained by The Associated Press, Barr wrote that investigations “may be conducted if there are clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual State.”

He said any allegations that “clearly not impact the outcome of a federal election” should be delayed until after those elections are certified and prosecutors should likely open so-called preliminary inquiries, which would allow investigators and prosecutors to see if there is evidence that would allow them to take further investigative measures.

Barr does not identify any specific instances of purported fraud in the memo."

[TwilightZone]

10. Exactly.

[TwilightZone]

9. There's no proof and no basis. Agreed that it's just to placate Trump.

It's going nowhere.

[Captain Zero]

17. I don't trust Barr. How many times has it been said he would stop trump?

How many times has that happened?
He enables Trump at every turn.

[TwilightZone]

20. I can't recall seeing anyone say Barr would stop Trump.

If someone has made that assertion, they clearly don't understand the relationship.

There's nothing to trust. There's nothing he can do to override state laws. John Roberts has been quite clear that state legislatures determine election rules, not the courts. The same applies to Barr.

[ecstatic]

13. I hope we're not all watching a coup--in real time

Should we be more worried about this???

[Hassler]

14. Barr knows he's headed for prison, this move to avoid

Looking like the great pumpkin in his orange jumpsuit.

[torius]

15. Let him take his anal probe

and stick it.

[spanone]

16. here's the catch. there are no 'substantial allegations' of voting irregularities.

[BGBD]

18. Barr has been especially ineffective

What has he actually ever done? Every investigation he's put out there has yielded nothing. The biggest thing he ever did was release a memo to blunt the Mueller Report.

This is the same, lip service for Trump so he can stay on the job a couple more months.

[Walleye]

19. The campaign is broke, so they have to use our money to accuse us of cheating

And we all paid more taxes than Trump did. We will probably end up paying for the recounts as well

[mysteryowl]

22. Oh! Yes, that is true

[GulfCoast66]

21. No. I disagree. He is just placating trump.

Telling his prosecutors what was already apparent. If there is substantial evidence of fraud it should be investigated. There is no evidence. The prosecutors are not partisan.

He does not want to get too far on trumps bad side. He is already hated by the left. If the entire trump mob turns on him he will end up the most hated man in America.