{"id":1715020,"date":"2022-10-28T11:30:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T15:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1715020"},"modified":"2022-10-28T11:33:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T15:33:33","slug":"watchdog-dojs-election-plan-raises-threat-of-selective-enforcement-against-red-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-dojs-election-plan-raises-threat-of-selective-enforcement-against-red-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchdog: DOJ&#8217;s Election Plan Raises Threat of &#8220;Selective Enforcement&#8221; Against Red States"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatchdog-dojs-election-plan-raises-threat-of-selective-enforcement-against-red-states%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1715020&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">The Justice Department this week outlined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">steps it will take on Election Day<\/a> to ensure a fair election process, but a government watchdog is warning that the plan leaves out critical details that open the door to selective enforcement against red states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) said the lack of detail in the DOJ announcement likely means &#8220;selective transparency and selective enforcement, something we&#8217;ve come to expect from the Biden administration&#8217;s two-tiered approach to justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Department<\/a> released a summary of its &#8220;comprehensive&#8221; Election Day plan Wednesday and said it is aimed at ensuring that &#8220;all qualified voters have the opportunity to cast their ballots and have their votes counted free of discrimination, intimidation or fraud in the election process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consistent with longstanding Justice Department practices and procedures,&#8221; the Civil Rights, Criminal and National Security Divisions will spearhead the effort.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/doj-stonewalling-requests-details-implementation-bidens-federal-election-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DOJ &#8216;STONEWALLING&#8217; REQUESTS FOR DETAILS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF BIDEN&#8217;S \u2018FEDERAL ELECTION SCHEME<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1237551108.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Carolyn Kaster-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The plan says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/judiciary\/individual-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Civil Rights Division<\/a> will conduct monitoring in the field and that Civil Rights Division attorneys will be prepared to receive complaints that day. It also said prosecutors at the Public Integrity Section will be on duty while polls are open to take election integrity complaints and that DOJ is prepared to hear complaints about intimidation at the polls and practices that have a &#8220;discriminatory purpose or a discriminatory result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FGA Legal Director Stewart Whitson said he&#8217;s worried DOJ will focus these efforts only on Republican-led states on Election Day in a bid to prop up chances for a Democratic victory and said DOJ is unlikely to reveal more for fear of revealing partisan bias.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/doj-charges-chicago-residents-allegedly-distributed-fentanyl-laced-heroin-crack-cocaine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DOJ CHARGES 10 CHICAGO RESIDENTS WHO ALLEGEDLY DISTRIBUTED &#8216;FENTANYL-LACED HEROIN AND CRACK COCAINE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The administration knows that any evidence that is revealed that would suggest that one or more federal agencies, in carrying out this executive order, are engaging in partisan activity aimed at benefiting the left would open the order up to legal attack by state attorneys general,&#8221; Whitson told Fox News Digital. &#8220;Their hope is to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/midterm-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">through the midterm election<\/a> and then the presidential election in 2024 before the full scope of this scheme comes to light.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whitson&#8217;s group has been trying for months to force DOJ to hand over its strategic plan for implementing President Biden\u2019s executive order on voting access. FGA sued for access to the plan. So far, DOJ has only released a heavily redacted copy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/640\/320\/Kristen-Clarke-DOJ.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whitson said DOJ&#8217;s broad explanation of its plan this week still falls short of the details FGA is looking for and said the department is still failing to be transparent about its actions less than two weeks before the election. He said the limited information DOJ has released amounts to a warning to red states that their processes could be picked apart by DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DOJ is withholding documents from FGA, despite our lawsuit demanding transparency, while simultaneously issuing press releases with veiled threats to states who simply want to conduct fair elections,&#8221; Whitson said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/doj-ramps-up-charges-against-pro-life-activists-1-last-year-23-this-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DOJ RAMPS UP CHARGES AGAINST PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS: 4 LAST YEAR, 26 THIS YEAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The problem with the complete lack of transparency on the part of DOJ is no one, including the more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fifty members of Congress<\/a> who\u2019ve demanded answers, knows exactly what DOJ\u2019s Civil Rights Division is doing to carry out the President\u2019s EO,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This is deeply concerning, especially in light of the restaffing of the division with left-wing ideologues committed to opposing any and all state election integrity measures, no matter how sense they make.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/MICHIGAN-VOTING-VOTE-HERE-SIGN.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A \" vote here \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      A &#8220;vote here&#8221; sign is seen at a Michigan voting precinct the day before Michigan Democrats and Republicans choose their nominees to contest November&#8217;s congressional elections, in Birmingham, Mich., Aug. 1, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(REUTERS\/Emily Elconin)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/events\/in-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FGA filed a lawsuit in April<\/a> after failed attempts to obtain documents from DOJ under the Freedom of Information Act. The group is seeking all details about how DOJ is implementing Biden\u2019s order from March 2021, &#8220;Promoting Access to Voting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That order says &#8220;executive departments and agencies should partner with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/state-and-local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state, local, tribal and territorial election officials<\/a> to protect and promote the exercise of the right to vote, eliminate discrimination and other barriers to voting and expand access to voter registration and accurate election information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, DOJ filed a motion for summary judgment in the case, asking a federal judge to forgo trial and insisted that the release of the information FGA is requesting would cause &#8220;public confusion&#8221; because its implementation plan &#8220;contains many proposed actions that the public might construe as &#8220;future commitments, past actions, or provisions already in place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department did not immediately respond to Fox News\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department this week outlined the steps it will take on Election Day to ensure a fair election process, but a government watchdog is warning that the plan leaves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1325575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1715020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1715020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1325575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1715020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1715020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1715020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}