The Department of Justice (DOJ) has appointed a task force to investigate election worker threats. Election officials are increasingly under threat because of the “big lie”. The “big lie” conceived by Donald Trump argues that the Democratic Party carried out election fraud on a national scale in the last Presidential election. The truth, however, is that Donald Trump, unable to accept defeat, lied that the election was stolen from him.
Unfortunately, it easier to fool people than to have people realize that they have been fooled. Too many “Trumpists” have taken the big lie to heart so much that they have attacked election officials who they accuse were accomplices of the Democratic party in perpetrating this fraud that never took place.
The American electoral system is the result of two centuries of careful crafting with the sole aim of making voting free, fair, and transparent. No single party has control of the electoral process. However, the reality is that gullible individuals who follow Donald Trump refuse to do their own home work and have instead resorted to attacking election workers around the country.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has now taken the important first step of addressing this problem. It has appointed a task force to investigate election worker threats. This alert is published by Democracy Docket:
On Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will form a criminal task force to investigate threats made against election workers across the country. The task force will put the resources of multiple DOJ divisions, including the Criminal Division, Civil Rights Division and the FBI, behind efforts to protect the workers who run our elections and prosecute any groups or individuals who threaten them as they fulfill their duties.
In a memo sent to federal prosecutors, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco wrote, “The Department of Justice has a long history of protecting every American’s right to vote, and will continue to do so. To that end, we must also work tirelessly to protect all election workers—whether they be elected officials, appointed officials, or those who volunteer their time—against the threats they face.”
The announcement comes after reports that election workers in key swing states, such as Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, were quitting in droves after the 2020 election due to threats and intimidation. Republicans in state legislatures have also been passing new voter suppression laws that establish new punishments for workers including fines and potential criminal charges.
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