DOJ's Election Crimes Director Resigns After Barr Authorizes Election Fraud Investigation

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/Newsweek

Richard Pilger, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Director of the Election Crimes Branch, has resigned following Attorney General William Barr's authorization earlier today for federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Pilger reportedly tendered his resignation within hours of Barr's green-lighting of investigations into allegations of fraud that have yet to be substantiated, The New York Times reported.

The re-election campaign of Republican President Donald Trump and various Republican political leaders on the federal and state level have alleged that fraudulent ballots swung the contentious presidential race into the favor of Trump's opponent, Democratic President-elect Joe Biden.

Barr's authorization ignored a longstanding DOJ policy to keep law enforcement separate from committing actions that could affect an election's outcome, according to the Times. Barr sought to have investigators complete their work before each state certifies its final election results and ballot counts.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doj-s-election-crimes-director-resigns-after-barr-authorizes-election-fraud-investigation/ar-BB1aRb83?li=BBnbfcQ

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If we thought that simply getting a Democrat elected would enough, think again. If Republicans are not going to let election results dissuade them from trying to hold on to power, then we need to continue to work just as hard as we did leading to the election.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

1. OH fer pete sakes, stay and fight. sometimes history calls upon us to do stuff we really might not

want to do. Why are these people so spineless.

[questionseverything]

3. He resigned in protest,we need to have his back

McConnell called on barr to illegally investigate fraud that doesn’t exist

Absolutely no proof has been shown of any fraud by anyone but trump

McConnell doesn’t get to use justice department for his party s detective

[onetexan]

6. agree, he did the right thing

[C Moon]

2. Something stinks. The GOP is planning on stealing this election with lies and fraud.

Just the fact that none of the senators will congratulate Biden, and Putin is doing the same, tells me they have a plan of fraud set up.
I hope something leaks.

[onetexan]

7. That's obvious. Clearly they're doing everything they can to create chaos and political theater so

they can sow doubt on election security and stir up enough public support to back their baseless claims.

[wnylib]

9. Considering the firing of Esper,

does Trump's plan include an action that people will protest, and an intention to use military personnel to suppress demonstrations?

I'm starting to feel like this is the calm before a big storm.

[Captain Zero]

4. I wish Pilger had waited a couple days to resign.

But, maybe Barr had already decided which case(s) to start with. And Pilger wouldn't do it. Now it would seem this Put Barr in more Jeopardy because if he wants DOJ TO pursue one or two won't he have to lead it himself ?

[EndlessWire]

5. Yeah, this guy did

the only thing that he could do. He quit in protest. I don't blame him. This is a time-honored method of telling the rest of us that something isn't right.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

8. But won't they just put someone in who'll do as they're told?

Why not stay and stall until they fire you?

[cstanleytech]

10. Barr should lose his license to practice law. nt

[Sherman A1]

11. More than that

He needs to be jailed.

[cstanleytech]

12. Yes but at the very least his license to practice law should be

revoked permanently.

[bluestarone]

13. I'm thankful for his resignation. THEY will find NOTHING but

THEY could manufacture something. That's the concerning thing to me!