Blumenthal Statement on AG Barr, Republican Efforts to Discredit 2020 Election Results

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) slammed Republican efforts to discredit the results of the 2020 election by making false, disproven claims of “voter fraud,” including, Attorney General Bill Barr’s recent change to a Department of Justice policy concerning election fraud investigations that prompted the resignation of the career DOJ official overseeing the Election Crimes Branch.

“I also want to say that I am deeply troubled, as my colleagues are, by the statements made by Attorney General Barr, who again is acting apparently as a puppet of the president rather than a lawyer for the American people. He is throwing gasoline on the fires of false claims of fraud, fueling doubts and undermining faith in the integrity of our election process. There are no facts or evidence that justify investigation. He knows it. But he is giving a patina of credibility to baseless and destructive accusations. I would suggest, respectfully, that Attorney General Barr has taken his office to a new low and the ramifications are profound and dangerous for our country,” said Blumenthal at the hearing.

“This kind of scaremongering is no substitute for the truth. The fact is, the votes have been counted, and some are being counted. And they have shown and will continue to confirm that former Vice President Biden is, in fact, our president-elect. But in the meantime, the litigation challenging the integrity of our election process will continue, frivolous and baseless though it is, and now apparently given more credibility by the Attorney General of the United States, regretfully and unfortunately.”

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