"Substantial" is carrying a lot of baggage in that quote. Barr knows DOJ lawyers won’t go to court on the tissue of lies Trump’s lawyers have presented to judges and the American public. This is a very bad act on his part, more of the damage Trump will do to the government in his ignorance before he leaves. He is a toddler with a shotgun, and he will be until January 20th. But it’s also an empty gesture. Just like the investigations that turned up nothing, the DOJ won’t get involved in any court action to help Trump.AG Barr authorized prosecutors to "pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities prior to the certification of elections," contradicting longstanding practice that keeps DOJ from impacting the results of an election, a memo released by DOJ
— Katie Benner (@ktbenner) November 9, 2020
Just underlining my point:
I expect Barr’s voter fraud investigation to go as far as the Durham report. There, I said it.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 9, 2020
Although it was still taken seriously:exactly. this is a BS Barr press release. He might has well have said go prosecute unicorns if there is substantial evidence they are shoplifting https://t.co/VKCyLOZEQu
— Jennifer 'the people decide' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) November 10, 2020
BREAKING: In response to Barr's memo, the top DOJ official overseeing voter fraud investigations quit. w/@ktbenner https://t.co/azuK6lIqvw
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) November 10, 2020
I think Keith Olbermann is right that a good part of this is Trump setting up one more con to con the suckers who send him money to send him more money, half of which the disclaimer on the request for donations says will go to defray campaign costs. I'm sure the Trump-Kushner family expects to pocket a large amount of that other half.
ReplyDeleteBarr is a gangster lawyer with no more morals than one. His alleged religiosity is about as sincere as Paula White's.