Trump AG Barr ran afoul of DOJ policy over handling of 2020 discarded ballot probe: Watchdog

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Trump AG Barr ran afoul of DOJ policy over handling of 2020 discarded ballot probe: Watchdog
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The report criticized how Barr amplified a minor incident that Trump cited.

Former United States Attorney General Bill Barr testifies during the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party hearing on"The CCP's Role in the Fentanyl Crisis" in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, April 16, 2024.A Justice Department watchdog on Thursday found that former Attorney General Bill Barr and a Trump-appointed former U.S.

The investigation centered on an incident in September 2020, where the FBI had been told by the District Attorney's Office in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, about an employee of a local elections office who allegedly discarded nine mail-in ballots. "The selective details about the investigation included in the initial MDPA statement and the letter suggested that the actions of the individual who engaged in the conduct were intentional and likely chargeable criminally," the report states.

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