Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Robert Popper, former DOJ senior attorney deconstructs Obama’s bogus statistics and arguments in his latest speech with an article entitled “Political Fraud About Voter Fraud. – The president’s selective statistics are red meat to supporters, but still bogus.”  Journalists are not paying attention or reporting on basic information.  The President is playing loose and fast with the facts while engaging in such an discussion on race.

Mr. Obama also cited an “analysis” showing that only 40 voters “were indicted for fraud” from 2002 to 2005. That number is drawn from an Aug. 2, 2005, Justice Department news release—which describes the department’s “Ballot Access and Voting Integrity” initiative—and from a related list of federal cases. The release mentioned 120 pending election-fraud investigations, 89 prosecutions and 52 convictions.

It is preposterous to cite that news release as proof that voter fraud is rare. The release contains no information concerning prosecutions in any of the 50 state court systems for violations of state voting laws, even though these are far more common than prosecutions for violations of federal voting laws. Even as a list of federal offenses, the news release is inadequate. Justice did not claim to have compiled all convictions, prosecutions or investigations—let alone all known or unsolved cases—involving federal voter fraud. The release was only a list of legal actions relating to what was then a three-year-old initiative.