Don Jnr accuses head of DOJ election crimes unit of being the 'Deep
State' after he resigned in protest over Bill Barr authorizing federal
prosecutors across US to pursue 'substantial allegations' of voter fraud
despite little evidence
William Barr sent a memo to allow federal prosecutors to investigate vote fraud
The attorney general authorized investigation of 'substantial allegations'
It raises the specter of the Justice Department getting involved in the case
Within hours the head of the election crimes branch, Richard Pilger, resigned
President Donald Trump's son, Don Jr, was quick to criticize Pilger online
Barr met with Mitch McConnell, Senate majority leader, on Monday
Shortly after the pair met McConnell defended Trump on the floor of the Senate
The president has vowed to fight the expected electoral defeat in the courts
By Harriet Alexander For Dailymail.com
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Richard Pilger is an American lawyer and the former director of the Election Crimes Branch at the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. He resigned on November 9, 2020, after United states attorney general William Barr gave an authorization for federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election,[1] going against decades-old guidance.[2]
In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed
that it had selected Republican political groups applying for tax-exempt
status for intensive scrutiny based on their names or political themes.
Pilger in his capacity as the head of Justice’s Election Crimes Branch
met with Lois Lerner in October 2010 to fix the problem of Conservative groups spending in the upcoming 2010 midterm election.[3][4]
Resignation letter from the director of the Election Crimes Branch
"Attached
please find the Attorney General's Memorandum of today entitled
'Post-Voting Election Irregularity Inquiries', an important new policy
abrogating the forty-year-old Non-Interference-Policy for ballot fraud
investigations in the period prior to elections becoming certified and
uncontested. Federal Prosecution of Election Offenses, pp. 84-85 (8th Ed. 2017).
"Having
familiarized myself with the new policy and its ramifications, and in
accord with the best tradition of the John C. Keeney Award for
Exceptional Integrity and Professionalism (my most cherished
Departmental recognition), I must regretfully resign from my role as
Director of the Electoral Crimes Branch.
"I
have enjoyed very much working with you for over a decade to
aggressively and diligently enforce federal criminal election law,
policy and practice without partisan fear or favor.
"I thank you for your support in that effort.
"The
Acting Director of the Election Crimes Branch going forward will be PIN
Deputy Chief Robert J. Heberle. Deputy Director Sean F. Mulryne will
remain in his position.
"Please give
them both the same support that I have enjoyed, and rest assured that
the Public Integrity Section remains committed to operating properly in
all of its functions.
"Best wishes, RCP."
In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) revealed that it had selected political groups applying for
tax-exempt status for intensive scrutiny based on their names or
political themes. This led to wide condemnation of the agency and
triggered several investigations, including a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) criminal probe ordered by United States Attorney GeneralEric Holder.
Initial reports described the selections as nearly exclusively of conservative groups with terms such as "Tea Party" in their names. According to Republican lawmakers, liberal-leaning groups and the Occupy movement had also triggered additional scrutiny, but at a lower rate than conservative groups. The Republican majority on the House Oversight Committee
issued a report, which concluded that although some liberal groups were
selected for additional review, the scrutiny that these groups received
did not amount to targeting when compared to the greater scrutiny
received by conservative groups. The report was criticized by the
committee's Democratic minority, which said that the report ignored
evidence that the IRS used keywords to identify both liberal and
conservative groups.
In January 2014, James Comey, who at the time was the FBI director,
told Fox News that its investigation had found no evidence so far
warranting the filing of federal criminal charges in connection with the
controversy, as it had not found any evidence of "enemy hunting", and
that the investigation continued. On October 23, 2015, the Justice Department declared that no criminal charges would be filed. On September 8, 2017, the Trump Justice Department declined to reopen the criminal investigation into Lois Lerner, a central figure in the controversy.[1]
In late September 2017, an exhaustive report by the Treasury Department'sInspector General found that from 2004 to 2013, the IRS used both conservative and liberal keywords to choose targets for further scrutiny.[2][3]
In October 2017, the Trump Administration agreed to settle a
lawsuit filed on behalf of more than four hundred conservative nonprofit
groups who claimed that they had been discriminated against by the
Internal Revenue Service for an undisclosed amount described by
plaintiffs' counsel as "very substantial." The Trump Administration also
agreed to settle a second lawsuit brought by forty-one conservative
organizations with an apology and an admission from the IRS that
subjecting them to "heightened scrutiny and inordinate delays" was
wrongful.[4][5]
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