Merrick Garland Looks Into Arizona GOP Phony Election 'Audit'
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Via: jbb • 3 years ago • 19 commentsBy: Gloria Christie (Bipartisan Report)
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By Gloria Christie - May 6, 2021044
What lurks beneath that mild exterior of Attorney General (AG) Merrick Garland is a will of steel. He has already gone after AG William Barr for lying to Congress and the American people, a rash of January 6 insurrectionists and domestic terrorists, civil rights, and immigration. Now, he is hot on the trail of the Arizona so-called audit. The man is a machine.
He just asked Congress for one billion dollars to go after "violence against women" according to The Washington Post:
'Appearing via videoconference at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing about the Justice Department's budget request, Garland highlighted proposals for a $45 million increase in funding for the FBI for domestic terrorism investigations and a $40 million increase for U.S. attorneys to manage the ensuing caseloads.'
He said the department is seeking a "historic investment of $1 billion" in its Office of Violence Against Women.'
The U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division is concerned about the "security of ballots and potential voter intimidation" as Cyber Ninjas has been performing its Arizona so-called audit. The contractor has people holding up the ballots checking for bamboo, because there was a rumor that Asia had sneaked 40,000 ballots into the Arizona voting system during the 2020 presidential election.
The "audit" is being performed in Arizona's most populous county, Maricopa County. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the division Pamela Karlan, was concerned about how Fann responded with "the steps that the Arizona Senate will take to ensure that violations of federal law do not occur" during the audit.
Three organizations with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights taking the lead asked the DOJ to send federal monitors to oversee the audit. The DOJ was equally concerned about the ballot security and possible voter intimidation.
- 'Attempting to recount all ballots cast in the election.
- Examining the voting machines to see whether votes were counted correctly.
- Reviewing voter information for potential voter fraud.'
The Arizona Democratic Party and Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Gallardo filed a lawsuit to stop the audit, because there appeared to be a "lack of clear procedures for safeguarding the ballots and regarding the transparency around the audit."
Karlan wrote that the DOJ reviewed "news reports and complaints regarding the procedures being used for this audit." He had been worried about the numerous accounts about the ballots not being kept properly:
'The ballots, machines and voter information are no longer under the control of state and local elections officials, aren't being kept secure, and are at risk of "being lost, stolen, altered, compromised or destroyed." Federal law creates a duty to safeguard and preserve federal election records.'
Beyond that, Karlan was highly concerned about the contractor, Cyber Ninjas' plan for verifying voter nformation.
Cyber Ninjas had stated that it planned to go door-to-door to speak to voters, which would fall under voter intimidation. It would:
'[Reach voters via a] combination of phone calls and physical canvassing [to] collect information of whether the individual voted in the election.'
Voter intimidation is illegal in federal courts. Karlan wrote:
'[No one can] intimidate, threaten, or coerce [voters or party enthusiasts.]'
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Do the Arizona republicans never want to win again?
The bizarre situation that they are endorsing and acting upon in AZ is beyond belief.
I would like to see them try to knock on people's doors to verify anything. I know some folks in Maricopa county that will not take kindly to that type of nonsense.
I live in Phoenix, I have voted across party line for years voting for the PEOPLE I thought were best suited for the job, regardless of party affiliation.
Next election I will probably vote straight party line in our state and local election. And it's anyone's guess which party I'm intending on voting for. Hint, It's not going to be the party that violated my privacy of my vote.
PS: If they come to me door they will not be greeted with respect.
They're going to be doing these phony recounts in all the states where President Biden won. Sore losers! I wonder who's paying for these phony audits? I mean trumpturd is telling his loser supporters that they're going to find lots of votes (for him of course) in all those states where President Biden won.
So do I and I live here.
Best our local news stations can figure out much of the bill is being paid from "Dark money"
No surprise here considering its a dark "fishing expedition" er recount.
Mr. Garland is doing a fantastic job! He and President Biden have been working hard for US every day they've been on the job!
I just hope the people of Arizona remember this when it comes time to vote again.
Sick that republicans just turn a blind eye to shit like this.
I hope Garland follows through.
Garland is just another dogmatic left wing political hack.
Thankfully,he was kept off the SC.
Lol anyone who disagrees with you is a left wing hack. Frankly you all have overused the phrase so much that it is meaningless. Fucking Reagan is a left wing hack by your standards.
Follow the 'effen' money, Garland.
Maybe he'll find enough money to take a side trip to Helsinki!