On the eve of the election, lawyers assigned to enforce federal voting rights laws across the country wrote boldly about Burr’s memo, “We urge you to release it.”
“It was developed and proclaimed without consulting non-partisan career professionals in the field and department. In the end, the timing of the memorandum’s introduction leads career lawyers to partisan politics,” the plaintiff wrote.
Bar’s memo served as a catalyst for the resignation of Electoral Crime Branch leader Richard Pilger. Pigger spoke out against Burr’s memo in a resignation letter he sent to colleagues.
The letter named 16 of the 44 jurisdictions selected by the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Department to oversee the Nov. 3 general election. Were co-signed by the attorney. Auxiliary U.S. The attorneys said in the letter that the districts they monitor did not find evidence of significant irregularities in the voting.
In the letter, federal attorneys said New York, Eastern Kentucky, Kansas, Maryland, New Mexico, Northern California, Southern Ohio, Southern Iowa, West Pennsylvania, West North Carolina, West Arkansas, the Virgin Islands are in the east and south of the Virgin Islands. And the Northern Marina Islands, plus two lawyers from prosec Reagan.
“In the 2020 election cycle, in the jurisdictions where we serve as DEOs, there is no evidence of ‘significant allegations of voting and vote irregularities’ that could potentially affect the outcome of the federal election,’ Memorandum for the use of language there,” according to the letter.
Justice Department spokeswoman Kerry Kupek declined to comment on the prosecution’s letter.
Instead, Kupek referred to the last paragraph of the bar’s memo, which included: “Nothing should be taken here as an indication that the department has affected the outcome of any election by voting irregularities. Latanu, I insist on providing this right and guidance.” Allegations of electoral malpractice need to be addressed in a timely and appropriate manner so that all Americans, regardless of the candidate or party of their choice, have full confidence in the outcome of our election. “
Evan Perez of CNN contributed to this report.
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