(Ed note: The T-Room saw this AP story break on Twitter and chose not to publish anything until Attorney General Barr went on the record. We shy away from posting such stories, especially these days, because we prefer both sides or all sides provide the news consumer with the full set of facts.)
Attorney General William Barr clarified comments he made regarding voter fraud during a conversation with The Associated Press published on Tuesday. While he did not back away from his remarks, he emphasized that the Justice Department’s investigation is still ongoing.
The Associated Press released a report in which Barr was quoted as saying that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has not yet found evidence that voter fraud occurred on a level that it would impact the result of the election. “To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” the attorney general said on Tuesday.
“There’s been one assertion that would be systemic fraud and that would be the claim that machines were programmed essentially to skew the election results,” the attorney general said. “And the DHS and DOJ have looked into that, and so far, we haven’t seen anything to substantiate that,” he continued.
After the story was covered by multiple news outlets, the DOJ issued a statement insisting that the important words in Barr’s remarks were “to date.”
“Some media outlets have incorrectly reported that the Department has concluded its investigation of election fraud and announced an affirmative finding of no fraud in the election,” a DOJ spokesman stated. “That is not what the Associated Press reported nor what the Attorney General stated. The Department will continue to receive and vigorously pursue all specific and credible allegations of fraud as expeditiously as possible.”…
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