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Home Front: Politix
Top DoJ Voter Fraud Investigator Quits After AG William Barr Authorizes Probe
2020-11-10
See also here and here.
[NYT via ZH] Update (2140ET): In response to AG Barr's decision, NYTimes reports that Richard Pilger - who oversees voter fraud investigations - has quit:

"Having familiarized myself with the new policy and its ramifications... I must regretfully resign from my role as director of the Election Crimes Branch."

Does it not seem odd that when asked to investigate voter fraud, the gentleman who is in charge of investigating voter fraud chooses to resign rather than do his f**king job?
Posted by:Clem

#9  

F Barr.
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-11-10 20:55  

#8  @ #6 - Sounds like just the guy Barr'd want.
Posted by: Clem   2020-11-10 18:55  

#7  Now if only Barr would only appoint somebody who will do the job...
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-11-10 13:15  

#6  It has been published that Pilger not once opened a case in all the time he was head of the Election Crimes Branch. He was simply a deep-state seat-warmer.
Posted by: b   2020-11-10 11:21  

#5  A 2fer!
Why wasn’t he fired 3 years ago?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2020-11-10 08:38  

#4  And Pilfer still managed to hang on. Now why is that?
Posted by: Clem   2020-11-10 07:45  

#3  I posed a thread about how the gatekeeper of criminal election fraud at the DOJ is Richard Pilger, who worked closely with Lois Lerner at the IRS in the Obama days (ie, when the DOJ rabidly pursued the president’s agenda — good, bad, or mostly ugly — to target Tea Party orgs. https://t.co/22MPpmzffl

— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) November 10, 2020

Richard Pilger, when subpoenaed to Capitol Hill by House Oversight, Darrell Issa in 2014, refused to answer over three dozen questions under oath on the advice of DOJ attorneys.

6/ Pilger, when subpoenaed to Capitol Hill by House Oversight, Darrell Issa in 2014, refused to answer over three dozen questions under oath on the advice of DOJ attorneys. https://t.co/cnCdOSiflk And despite this history, Pilger is STILL in charge of the same department at DOJ/

— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) November 8, 2020
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-11-10 07:12  

#2  Seeking non-USG legal sanctuary? Perhaps he is aware of what may be coming down the track.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-11-10 06:57  

#1  "Actually be seen doing my government job? Do you realize how dangerous that might be to my retirement benefits?"
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-11-10 01:50  

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