Barr Allows Voting Probes But Warns Against ‘Far-Fetched’ Claims
- U.S. attorneys authorized to ‘pursue substantial allegations’
- Election crimes branch chief resigns over Barr’s new policy
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Attorney General William Barr has authorized Justice Department officials to open inquiries into potential irregularities in the presidential election, while acknowledging there’s no conclusive evidence.
Barr issued a memo on Monday evening allowing U.S. attorneys across the country, as well as his top lieutenants, to “pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities prior to the certification of elections in your jurisdictions in certain cases.”