WASHINGTON (AP) – The top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital has formed a “special unit” to investigate election offenses, according to an email sent to lawyers in his office on Monday. [CutID: <Cuts> DOJ-ELEX INVEST-bennett-v-TUEam.mp3 Time: 35s Title: DOJ-ELEX INVEST-bennett-v-TUEam Out-cue: “soc”] VERBATIM: Interim District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Ed Martin said the “Special […]
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DOJ Launches Election Investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) – The top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital has formed a “special unit” to investigate election offenses, according to an email sent to lawyers in his office on Monday.
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VERBATIM: Interim District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Ed Martin said the “Special Unit: Election Accountability” has already opened one investigation and that it “will continue to make sure that all the election laws of our nation are obeyed,” according to the email reviewed by media. Martin was involved in the “Stop the Steal” movement after President Trump lost the 2020 election to former President Joe Biden.
The Trump administration had been expected to shift the Justice Department’s priorities around investigating voting and elections. The agency has historically targeted voter suppression efforts and state laws that could disenfranchise certain groups, but conservatives have called for an increased focus on voter fraud.
Bernie Bennett, Washington.