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The accusation of fraud in the counting of votes in the American elections is still in the room. Especially since President Trump insists he was duped by his victory. Federal attorneys can now investigate.
US Attorney General Bill Barr has given the green light to investigate possible wrongdoing in the US elections. Prosecutors subordinate to him were authorized to investigate “substantial allegations”. At the same time, Barr stressed that this authorization does not mean that his house currently has evidence of possible voter fraud. His letter to federal prosecutors said that voting and recount irregularities could be investigated if there were “clear and openly credible allegations” that, if proven, could affect state election results.
Observers had already expected Trump to attempt to challenge the election result with the help of the Justice Department. With the approval of Department Chief Barr, federal prosecutors could circumvent long-standing ministry guidelines that actually prohibit such public legal actions before election results are certified.
Investigation of potential contaminants is also often in the hands of state authorities. Barr now pointed out, however, that it was never a set rule. Federal prosecutors should investigate serious election allegations very carefully, while “flimsy, speculative, absurd or implausible” allegations should not give them any reason to investigate, the minister wrote.
Trump sees a conspiracy against him
The current president of the United States, Donald Trump, still does not want to admit his electoral defeat before the Democrat Joe Biden. Over and over again he spoke of a conspiracy, electoral fraud and the fact that his victory was stolen from him. The vote count was rigged in Trump’s view in favor of Biden. However, so far it has not provided any proof for its claims. On Twitter, he only showed images of voting centers closed with tables and claimed that “bad things” were happening behind them. No observers were admitted and he won the elections.
Just yesterday, Trump reiterated his allegations of election fraud in Georgia, Nevada and Wisconsin in a series of tweets. “Nevada turns out to be a cesspool of false voices,” Trump wrote on Twitter, promising absolutely shocking revelations. Twitter immediately provided the president’s tweet, like many others before it, with a warning because it was a controversial claim about the election. Trump also wrote that he would win the state of Georgia, where Biden is ahead, “like election night.” Biden had taken the lead after the mail-in votes were counted. In light of the crown pandemic, Democratic voters in particular had voted by mail.
The state’s Lieutenant Governor, Republican Geoff Duncan, told CNN that he had not encountered any significant cases of voter fraud.
Now also in demand in Pennsylvania
Still, Trump is suing in multiple states. His campaign team filed a lawsuit against the vote count in Pennsylvania federal court yesterday for alleged electoral irregularities. The reason given in the complaint is that the vote-by-mail system in Pennsylvania “does not have the necessary transparency and verifiability” that apply to voting at polling stations. A court order is to prevent challenger Biden from being declared the winner in the US state.
Trump had already tried in the run-up to the presidential election to undermine election results with unproven accusations of fraud. The lawsuits in Georgia and Michigan have already been dismissed by the competent judges.
Barr as Trump’s extortionist
According to US media reports, Richard Pilger, head of the Justice Department’s Voting Rights Department, resigned due to Barr’s letter. Barr is an extremely controversial minister. Critics accuse him of serving as a kind of Trump trumpeter and failing to adequately safeguard the independence of the judiciary. The powerful leader of Trump’s Republican parliamentary group in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, had defended legal action against the election result on Monday: “President Trump has 100 percent of the right to examine allegations of wrongdoing and weigh your legal options. “
