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The Washington Post reports that numerous US Assistant Attorneys General oppose US Attorney General William Barr’s order to review the results of the US presidential elections. Therefore, they do not want to comply with Barr’s instructions and are said to have asked Barr in a joint letter to withdraw his instructions in Monday’s memo. The latest memo ordered them to publicly investigate the “substantial” allegations of wrongdoing in the vote count.
The 16 attorneys specifically tasked with monitoring the presidential elections emphasized in the letter that they were not aware of any unusual irregularities in the vote count. Furthermore, the order will draw them into party politics. The Washington Post claims to have seen a photo of the letter from the assistant prosecutor.
A Justice Department spokeswoman told the Washington Post that the attorneys may not have “read the memo.” He referred to a passage in which Barr warned, noting: “Nothing here should be taken as an indication that the Department has concluded that voting irregularities affected the outcome of an election.” While serious allegations should be handled with great care, flimsy, speculative, fanciful or far-fetched allegations should not be the basis of a state investigation, he says.
Former US President Donald Trump lost the election according to US media and data providers. According to Edison Research and all the major television stations, his Democratic rival Joe Biden has a total of 306 voters, Trump has 232. It takes 270 voters to win.
Will Trump maintain his position of denial?
Trump still refuses to admit an electoral defeat and to acknowledge his rival’s victory. He has filed lawsuits in various states. His campaign team had denounced electoral fraud and voting irregularities. Experts don’t expect the lawsuits to have any chance of success. On Thursday, US security authorities rejected the fraud accusations.
The Post writes that current and former Justice Department officials have stated in recent days that they are stunned and frustrated by Barr’s instruction. They feared he was supporting President Trump in his efforts to question his defeat.
Time and again, Trump had pointed out alleged electoral fraud before, during and after the elections. At a press conference on Friday about the coronavirus vaccine, however, he slipped a sentence with which he almost admitted the possibility of an electoral defeat. With a view to the crown crisis, he ruled out a nationwide lockdown under his rule. “Hopefully it happens, uh – whatever happens in the future. Who knows what government it will be. Time will tell,” Trump said in his first speech since Biden’s overall victory was certain.
