More than 48 hours since the race was called for Biden, Trump is still refusing to accept his defeat. Now his administration is offering the president its full support as he continues to question the legitimacy of the election, mounting a sweeping effort to root out the “fake votes” Trump says cost him his re-election.
On Monday evening, Attorney General William Barr gave the Department of Justice the OK to investigate allegations of “vote tabulation irregularities” which he says are “substantial” despite no evidence to that effect.
Barr issued the directive in a two-page memo, much of which is spend explaining his decision to flout the well-established precedent that federal prosecutors not launch probes into voter fraud until after the election results are certified. Barr argues that such probes may be conducted, however, “if there are clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual State.”