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On Monday, US Attorney General William Barr allowed federal prosecutors to continue investigating “allegations backed by evidence” of “wrongdoing” that may have been committed during the recent presidential election.
Barr urged not to pursue “false or implausible” allegations that were not based on concrete evidence.
It is the first time Barr has spoken out after repeated allegations made by US President Donald Trump and various members of the Republican Party about “widespread” fraud, as he described it.
Chumer calls on Republicans to “work on a peaceful transfer of power on January 20”
Chumer calls on Republicans to “work on a peaceful transfer of power on January 20”
This came several hours after Barr met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said earlier on Monday that Trump had the right to file lawsuits to consider what he described as “wrongdoing” they had. place in last week’s election.
“I authorize you to pursue substantive allegations of voting irregularities and voting scheduling prior to the approval of elections in your jurisdictions,” Barr wrote in his letter to federal prosecutors and the FBI.
The Trump campaign announced that several lawsuits had been filed to challenge Biden’s victory announcement, which was reported by the US media most recently to file a lawsuit against the vote-by-mail system in Pennsylvania.
The lawsuit calls for an emergency court order to stop those responsible for certifying the Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, to win the state.
In a tweet Monday, Trump said Pennsylvania “had prevented us from observing the vote count” and that there were invalid votes in Nevada.
Trump had previously launched a series of fraud allegations without providing any evidence, and said he had won the election after the media announced that Democratic candidate Joe Biden had won.
Biden has currently guaranteed 290 top-level voters, beating the minimum required to win, which is set at 270, while Trump received 214 votes.
