The DOJ has a message for the Arizona election audit 'ninjas' — and it's a clear one
By Hayes Brown, MSNBC Opinion Columnist
There’s an art to the subtle threat. Not the bold, blustery rages that former President Donald Trump would reportedly fly into behind closed doors but the gentle reminder, said with a smile, that your life could be made miserable if you don’t watch your step.
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice released two documents warning states that they have to follow federal law before, during and after elections. Without naming names, the first set of guidelines generally called out states that have moved to change their election laws to restrict voters’ access to the polls after the 2020 election. The second is focused on the “audit” still taking place in Arizona, along with potential copycats.
The simple — and much-needed — message from the Justice Department: “We’re watching you.”
Nowhere in the first document does it explicitly say the department will be targeting state legislators, election officials or anyone else using Trump’s rhetoric to make voting harder. Instead, it just casually points out that several federal laws could be violated in the process of doing so, even if that just involves rolling procedures back to their pre-pandemic standards:
more:
http://www.msnbc.com/opinion/doj-has-warning-arizona-s-audit-state-attacks-voting-rights-n1275349?cid=eml_mda_20210729&user_email=d60e03639eee858a9d1f722503050fb5c4c275d9e0d473a7e1f6182e26eccb3c
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