Arlington Prosecutors Spring Pat Moran

Arlington County says that they will not prosecute voter fraudster and thug Pat Moran. Pat Moran is the son of Congressman Jim Moran. Oddly, the Commonwealth’s Attorney (or police) blame James O’Keefe for not “cooperating” with the investigation by turning over data. James tells me this is plainly false:

“My lawyer offered the ‘raw tape’,” he says in an email.  Raw tape offers certainly seem like cooperation.

Commonwealth Attorney Theo Stamos is a Democrat and the office is elected in a partisan election.  In fact, Jim Moran supported Stamos in her race for Commonwealth Attorney.  A photo:




Had DOJ granted preclearance as requested, South Carolina Voter ID approval “would only have cost the price of a postage stamp”



Rebutting the Rock Hill Herald’s inaccuracy-laden editorial, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sets the record straight:


 


On the high cost of the lawsuit:


DOJ fought us every step of the way, prolonging the process and driving up costs… Had DOJ granted pre-clearance at the outset, as my office requested, it would only have cost the price of a postage stamp to mail a copy of the law to Washington. Instead, DOJ’s actions cost the citizens of South Carolina approximately $3.5 million. Why did the editorial not place the blame for the excessive cost where it rightfully belongs – at the DOJ’s feet?


 


On the facts of the case:


The editorial also misstated a key fact. It said, “In October, a three-judge panel upheld the law, but only if the state allowed voters to opt out of the photo ID requirement by signing an affidavit that they had a ‘reasonable impediment’ to getting a photo ID.” This is categorically wrong… The ‘reasonable impediment’ provision was in the voter ID law all along and was not added later by the judges or anyone else.


 


Looks like the Herald got it as wrong as DOJ did.