Author Archives: J Christian Adams

DOJ Tampering With Congressional Investigation of IRS Abuse of Election Integrity Groups?

Such lawlessness would hardly be out of character.  Washington Times:

“The House’s chief investigator says the FBI is stonewalling his inquiry into whether the agency and the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative group True the Vote for special scrutiny, and Rep. Darrell E. Issa is now threatening subpoenas to pry loose the information from FBI Director James B. Comey Jr.

Mr. Issa, California Republican, and Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, are leading the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s IRS inquiry. They also said the FBI is refusing to turn over any documents related to its own investigation into the IRS, which began in the days after an auditor’s report revealed the tax agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for special scrutiny.

Six months after it began, the FBI’s investigation has resulted in no release of information. The congressmen said the FBI even rescinded an offer for an in-person briefing with the assistant director in charge of the investigation. The reversal, after the FBI consulted with the Justice Department, suggests political meddling, the two investigators said.

“The department’s tactics have impeded a congressional investigation and interfered with the committee’s access to documents and information. Obstructing a congressional investigation is a crime,” Mr. Issa and Mr. Jordan said in their letter to Mr. Comey, warning that if they don’t get the information they will use “compulsory” means.”

Free Voter ID in Mississippi

“Next year, people in Mississippi who do not currently have a valid photo I.D. will be able to get a voter identification card for free, which will be required by the time the summer elections begin.


The requirement aims to help cut down on voter fraud. Photo I.D.’s like a driver’s license, college ID, or passport, are OK. But other forms of identification, without a photo, will not be accepted.”

Link.

“Arapahoe County DA Charges Four in Voter-fraud Investigation”


 


More “non-existent” voter fraud, in Colorado:  “The Arapahoe County District Attorney’s office filed voter-fraud charges Friday against two voters and two canvassers affiliated with Work for Progress, a liberal campaign-hiring group in Denver.


 


“George Brauchler, District Attorney for the 18th Judicial District, said in a statement that charges were filed for violations occurring in Arapahoe County between 2008 and 2013… Brauchler said the investigation shows that while election misconduct in Colorado isn’t widespread, the system is ripe for fraud.”


 


The DA said a “big problem for investigators was tracking down information about the potentially fraudulent voters on Homeland Security’s SAVE immigration database… ‘[I]t doesn’t mean that the federal government doesn’t have this information–they do. They just won’t give it to us or make it accessible to the Secretary of State for this use.’”


 


Brauchler disagreed with vote-fraud denying detractors critical of the investigation:  “We’re not talking about a traffic offense here.  We’re talking about somebody’s right to participate in the democratic process.”


 


But what do a few fraudulent votes matter, as long as it’s not “widespread”?  “If these numbers seem inconsequential, just look to Broomfield’s fight over the anti-fracking ban, which has passed by 17 votes or failed by 13 votes, depending on the day.”