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Garland adding that he was also concerned about increased threats to secretaries of state, poll workers and other election officials. garland, however, admitted that the power of the doj to protect voting rights has been eroded, saying, in part, quote, are our tools weakened? yes, they are, but our passion hasnt weakened. lets bring in former acting solicitor general neal katyal. this is a justice department under a loft pressure to get a lot of things done. people are looking at it as one of th...

But these arent like the people who believe the moon landing never happened or that, you know, jfk wasnt killed by a lone gunman. the big lie is far more corrosive and it is still enabling donald trump to subvert our democratic institutions. even now ten months after the election, hes again asking georgia secretary of state to decertify their election results from last year. hes promoting a slate of handpicked candidates for secretary of state, in crucial battlegrounds where he could in theory c...

Big lie. the election fraud, god bless the poll workers. the people who volunteer their time. most of the people that come have been very respectful. its almost like 2020 conspiracy theory. people coming to talk about dominion voting and calling mail in voting a fraud. you see the people patiently doing their job, trying to ensure a safe ballot process. thats what were seeing behind us. >> josh campbell for us. thank you so much. lets discuss further now. lets start with should the governor, if ...

Out against what president trump said this morning. it is not all republicans, but there are certainly, theyre certainly not willing to commit and the state republican party is obviously taking notice of any irregularities that develop, you know, ballot places, you know, with poll workers, that kind of thing and saying they might consider a legal challenge. it would need documentation. but i do not -- to answer your question, no, i do not recall republicans questioning the rigor of the election ...

Let it slide. no reason to act on any of those. and shes a secretary of state. how well protected do you think like random poll workers feel when they have had these kinds of attacks and direct death threats, direct, specific, repeated from identifiable people? the local elections chief in full ton county, georgia, a man named richard baron received this call, a threat by voice mail. this also warranted no apparent response from law enforcement, at least none thats visible to public reporting. a...

Dead. reuters reports today that police actually did specifically identify and locate the man who made those threats. despite, that they decided now who cares. no reason to act on it yet. shes secretary of state. how well protected do you think random poll workers feel? when theyve had these kinds of attacks? and direct death threats? direct specific. repeated. death threats. from identifiable people. the local elections chief in fulton county georgia, received this call, threat by voice meal, t...

Today. and worryingly. they are almost never being prosecuted by law enforcement. heres raiders lead today. both through public records and interviews. reuters documented 102 threats of death or violence, received by more than 40 election officials. by more than election officials, elections workers, and their relatives in eight of the most contested battleground states in the 2020 presidential contest. each was explicit enough, to put a reasonable person in fear of bodily harm or death, which i...

The man who made those threats. despite that, they decided, eh, who cares. let it slide. no reason to act on any of those. and shes a secretary of state. how well protected do you think like random poll workers feel when they have had these kinds of attacks and direct death threats, direct, specific, repeated from identifiable people? the local elections chief in full ton county, georgia, a man named richard baron, received this call, a threat by voice mail. this also warranted no apparent respo...