Voice of America: No Evidence of Fraud That Would Void Biden Victory, Barr Says

12.1.2020 / By Masood Farivar
Voice of America: No Evidence of Fraud That Would Void Biden Victory, Barr Says

Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections at the watchdog group Common Cause, said Barr’s comments that the DOJ was unable to find substantive evidence of fraud could potentially put him in Trump’s crosshairs.    “The president seems to fire anybody who states a fact that he does not agree with,” Albert said.   In its assessment of the November 3 election, Common Cause said it had uncovered instances of routine Election Day problems such as malfunctioning machines and long lines but no evidence of fraud.    Albert criticized Barr for toeing Trump’s line on voter fraud before belatedly stating the obvious.     “The attorney general has for the past month continued to help the president undermine people's confidence in the election, so I'm not going to give him a prize for telling the truth when he's told it a month late,” Albert said in an interview with VOA.  

WASHINGTON – In a fresh setback to President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the November 3 presidential election, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has uncovered no evidence of widespread fraud that would alter the outcome of the election.

Barr, a staunch Trump ally who issued dire warnings about the possibility of voter fraud in the lead-up to the election, said in an interview with The Associated Press that U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have examined complaints about fraud but have found no evidence that would change the election results.   …

Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections at the watchdog group Common Cause, said Barr’s comments that the DOJ was unable to find substantive evidence of fraud could potentially put him in Trump’s crosshairs.

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“The president seems to fire anybody who states a fact that he does not agree with,” Albert said.

In its assessment of the November 3 election, Common Cause said it had uncovered instances of routine Election Day problems such as malfunctioning machines and long lines but no evidence of fraud.

In November 2018, Trump fired Jeff Sessions, his first attorney general, in part because Sessions recused himself from the special counsel investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump then tapped Barr, who had previously served as attorney general in the early 1990s, to replace Sessions.

Albert criticized Barr for toeing Trump’s line on voter fraud before belatedly stating the obvious.

“The attorney general has for the past month continued to help the president undermine people’s confidence in the election, so I’m not going to give him a prize for telling the truth when he’s told it a month late,” Albert said in an interview with VOA.

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