Republicans call for AG Bill Barr to ‘direct special counsel to investigate presidential election’
MORE THAN 20 Republicans urged Donald Trump to call on Attorney General William Barr to appoint a counsel to probe the 2020 election, bombshell documents say.
A group of 27 House GOP members laid out their demands in a letter on Wednesday morning, which claimed that the Justice Department headed by didn't address the alleged issues effectively.
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– who has repeatedly alleged that the election was "rigged" and rife with "fraud" – today tweeted "overturn" after Barr admitted that to support the president's claims.
obtained the letter, which read: "The Department of Justice has been asked on multiple occasions to launch an investigation into this matter.
"But inaction from the department along with comments made by the attorney general indicate a lack of willingness to investigate the irregularities your campaign and other elected officials across the nation have alleged."
It was signed by over two dozen members of a week after insiders told that Trump may fire Barr – but it wouldn't be happening immediately.
Signees included: Reps Lance Gooden of , Paul Gosar of , Louie Gohmert of Texas, Thomas Massie of , and 's Ted Budd.
Gooden sent a similar solo letter last week – and his office now says the latest written request is indicative of "an outpouring of support" from his fellow party members.
When the president was last Thursday by NBC's Kristen Welker, on whether he maintained confidence in Barr, he said: "Uh, ask me that in a number of weeks from now."
News of the latest GOP letter comes after The Lone Star State launched a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to delay the Electoral College vote next and block results in four battleground states.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's suit again Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and after the highest court in the US rejected a GOP congressman's attempt to stop PA certifying a Biden win.
Paxton alleged that that the four battleground states improperly changed their election procedures and called for special elections to take place in GA, PA, WS, and MI to appoint presidential electors.
If electors have already been appointed, then Paxton wanted state legislatures to appoint new ones.
Attorneys general from , , and other states back the last-ditch attempt to overturn the results, while Trump also tweeted his support.
"We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a victory!" he wrote this morning.
Later, he added: "There is massive evidence of widespread fraud in the four states (plus) mentioned in the Texas suit. Just look at all of the tapes and affidavits!"
In another (flagged) tweet, he said: "The case that everyone has been waiting for is the State’s case with Texas and numerous others joining. It is very strong, ALL CRITERIA MET.
"How can you have a presidency when a vast majority think the election was RIGGED?
Trump's team launched over 40 lawsuits in battleground states – the majority of which were dismissed or denied by top judges – citing no concrete evidence of the widespread fraud conspiracy.
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News of the GOP letter to Trump comes after one of his lawyers, Jenna Ellis, suggested last Friday that Barr, who was once a firm ally of her boss.
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Ellis made the comments as she retweeted a post from the House Judiciary GOP, which said it "would be a good day for @RepJerryNadler to launch an investigation into election integrity."
Three minutes after it was shared, Ellis wrote: "Or Bill Bar."