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This violates a 40-year principle of not interrupting the electoral process – writes Richard Pilger, who until yesterday was the head of the Ministry of Justice for the investigations of the electoral processes, but who in protest of Barr’s decision chose to resign. immediately.
The Minister of Justice gives thus giving the green light to prosecutors at the federal level to investigate some of the allegations of voter fraud made by President Trump and the Republicans.
Typically, these cases are investigated at the state level because states are responsible for how elections are conducted, but Barr believes this principle is not set in stone.
It admits that it is an unusual measure, but that it is necessary so that the judicial processes do not drag on unnecessarily, and so that they carry more weight.
Barr also says that federal prosecutors should only initiate investigations if there are, as he himself puts it, clear and seemingly credible allegations of wrongdoing that, if true, could affect the outcome of elections in a state.
However, they should not address cases that only appear to be based on speculation or are overly imaginative, according to Barr.
Has before accused of having politicized the Justice Ministry and criticism is now gathering momentum again, especially from Democrats.
A former ministry employee during the Barack Obama presidency, Vanita Gupta, believes in a comment to the Politico news site that this is a way for Barr to fulfill President Trump’s wishes.
And, as Gupta says, it fuels the misconception that there has been widespread fraud affecting the election outcome, something that has yet to be proven.
