People probably forgot Alberto Gonzalez and George Bush's request for an investigation because he and Karl Rove thought there was fraud in the 2002 election.
David Iglesias was a conservative Republican US attorney in New Mexico, when he refused to bring a corruption case against democrats he was fired by Gonzalez. He also fired several US attorneys in Missouri, Washington and other states for not prosecuting what he believed was voter fraud. Iglesias wrote a book about the entire affair. Gonzalez was eventually fired and most of his top aids quite back in 2007, if you read through the details he answered "I don't recall" 64 times at a congressional hearing.
So here we have Jeff Sessions placed in charge of another voter fraud investigation that lacks any substance, hopefully not a repeat of 2002.
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For days President Trump has promoted the absurd notion that three million to five million people voted illegally in the presidential election.
On Wednesday morning, Mr. Trump went further.
"I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and.."
Little more than a decade ago, the Justice Department made investigating and prosecuting voter fraud a major priority. When top prosecutors failed to find the misconduct and refused to make partisan prosecutions, they were fired. In the fallout, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was forced to resign in the biggest Justice Department scandal since Watergate.
It seems like an odd bit of history to try to repeat — unless the goal is to clear the path for voter suppression.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/o...last-time.html
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