The left’s paranoia is peaking over the green light Attorney General Bill Barr gave the Department of Justice to look into any credible and “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities.
Barr “decided to be Donald Trump’s personal lawyer,” Rep. Adam Schiff sniffs. The AG is “seeding doubts about the legitimacy of the election,” whines Rep. Jerry Nadler. This would be “a good time to impeach” Barr, huffs The Nation’s John Nichols.
Please. Barr’s move was narrow, allowing his staff to review only substantial, “clear and apparently credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome” in an individual state.
“Specious, speculative, fanciful or far-fetched claims should not be a basis for initiating federal inquiries,” he said — and his memo didn’t mean the feds have found any such irregularities.
No matter. Richard Pilger, the chief of the DOJ’s election crimes branch, resigned in protest, and the left is citing that as proof of Barr’s overreach.
Yet Pilger isn’t quitting DOJ; he’s moving to a new post prosecuting corruption. And he may be a partisan himself: In 2010, Pilger talked to Lois Lerner, the IRS official accused of targeting conservative groups, about potentially prosecuting tax-exempt groups involved in political activity.
No, Barr did nothing untoward. Indeed, if voters are to have faith in the system, credible allegations of irregularities ought to be probed — and if unfounded, dismissed.
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