Former Justice Department lawyers accuse Barr of seeking to help Trump win reelection

Source: The Hill | October 1, 2020 | J. Edward Moreno

A group of over 1,600 former Justice Department (DOJ) attorneys are accusing Attorney General William Barr of seeking to help President Trump win reelection.

“We fear that Attorney General Barr intends to use the DOJ’s vast law enforcement powers to undermine our most fundamental democratic value: free and fair elections,” the group wrote in an open letter published Thursday on Medium.

Among other things, the group says Barr’s effort to cast doubt on mail-in voting is an inappropriate use of his authority. 

“We speak out again now because we fear that Attorney General Barr intends to use the DOJ’s vast law enforcement powers to undermine our most fundamental democratic value: free and fair elections,” the group wrote. “He has signaled this intention in myriad ways, from making false statements about the security of mail-in voting from foreign hackers to falsely suggesting that mail-in ballots are subject to widespread fraud and coercion.”

The group said that there “are serious questions about whether there is a legitimate basis” for the investigation led by U.S. Attorney John Durham, who is looking into the origins of the Russia investigation.

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