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highplainsdem

(55,477 posts)
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 08:14 AM Mar 18

Washington D.C.'s top prosecutor announces election fraud probe, though authority unclear

Source: Reuters

President Donald Trump's top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., on Monday announced a new push to investigate election fraud cases, according to an internal email seen by Reuters, though it was not clear how much power his office will have to do so.

Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney who has echoed Trump's false claims of a stolen 2020 election, told staff he was creating a new office called the Special Unit Election Accountability, and asked for volunteers to staff it.

-snip-

Martin did not explain whether he would have any jurisdiction to pursue election fraud cases beyond the District of Columbia.

He also did not indicate whether he had spoken with the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section, which according to department rules must be consulted before a federal prosecutor can open an election fraud case.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/washington-dcs-top-prosecutor-announces-election-fraud-probe-though-authority-2025-03-17/

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Washington D.C.'s top prosecutor announces election fraud probe, though authority unclear (Original Post) highplainsdem Mar 18 OP
I suspect the intention and purpose of this.... Think. Again. Mar 18 #1
Wait and See ... Born Free Mar 18 #6
Trump's whole administration are BS artists IronLionZion Mar 18 #2
They're attempting to re-write the history of 2020 jayschool2013 Mar 18 #4
Public Integrity Section? SheltieLover Mar 18 #3
Good in theory though - forgotmylogin Mar 18 #5
So Dump didn't really win? mdbl Mar 18 #7

Think. Again.

(22,330 posts)
1. I suspect the intention and purpose of this....
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 08:19 AM
Mar 18

....is to commit even more election suppression, election manipulation, and election fraud in upcoming races.

Born Free

(1,634 posts)
6. Wait and See ...
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 01:23 PM
Mar 18

If there is another election and the Republicans lose power, they will be screaming for a bipartisian bill to make sure no future president is ever allowed to do all the insane things that are going on right now, and the Democrats in their normal bipartisian way of govering will be happy to help get it passed.

IronLionZion

(48,533 posts)
2. Trump's whole administration are BS artists
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 08:36 AM
Mar 18

spewing forth easily disproven nonsense to distract us from the damage they are doing. Why claim election fraud when he won?

SheltieLover

(66,628 posts)
3. Public Integrity Section?
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 08:40 AM
Mar 18


That's rich.

No doubt drumming up support for magats' nee state initiatives to make it nearly impossible for married women who changed their last names to vote.

forgotmylogin

(7,815 posts)
5. Good in theory though -
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 12:57 PM
Mar 18

Every election should be autopsied and reviewed post-mortem on a regular basis for discrepancies and information whether it was allegedly "stolen" or not.

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