The DOJ is now getting involved in the Arizona forensic audit, saying they are monitoring the audit for potential violations of federal law:
DAILY CALLER – The Department of Justice expressed concern that the ongoing audit of 2020 election results in Arizona may violate election law and lead to voter intimidation.
The Department notified Republican State Senate President Karen Fann on Wednesday that it was monitoring the state’s audit of 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County, Arizona, in 2020, according to the Associated Press. DOJ specifically worried that outsourcing the audit to a third-party contractor may violate federal election law that requires elections officials to control ballots for 22 months after an election.
The contractor’s intent to contact voters may also result in future illegal voter intimidation, the DOJ said, the AP reported. Such intimidation may also violate federal statutes on elections.
“Past experience with similar investigative efforts around the country has raised concerns that they can be directed at minority voters, which potentially can implicate the anti-intimidation prohibitions of the Voting Rights Act,” Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Pamela Karlan wrote in the letter, according to the AP.
Karlan requested that Fann explain how state officials are making sure the law is followed, according to the AP. Fann is reportedly working on a response to the DOJ.
Yesterday we told you that Democrats had to settle for more ‘transparency’ after their effort to stop the audit failed in court.
And that’s the point. A judge has already ruled that Democrats never proved how this audit would harm voters:
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Martin ruled that the audit could take place, according to CBS-affiliate KPHO-TV. Plaintiffs arguing against the audit hadn’t proven it would harm voters, he said.
But since they lost in court, Democrats at the DOJ are now getting involved. Which is undoubtedly because Democrats at the state level are begging them to intervene, because they are out of options to stop the audit from revealing the truth of what really happened in 2020.
I expect in the coming days the DOJ will be filing their own lawsuit to stop the audit from happening, and they’ll submit it to a court with an activist judge who will be more than happy to oblige them.