Richard Pilger, justice department official in charge of voter fraud investigations, resigned due to ‘ramifications’ of Barr’s move
Current and former US Department of Justice (DoJ) officials have reacted with anger and dismay to the latest move in support of Donald Trump by William Barr, the attorney general who has stoked further discord around the president’s refusal to concede electoral defeat by approving federal investigations into voter fraud, despite little evidence of any wrongdoing.
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