On Wednesday, Department of Justice officials notified states that they’re keeping close tracks of the 2020 election audit taking place in Arizona and several other states.

The new guidance document contains the Biden administration’s stance on federal law concerning audits, tagging the round of reviews either done, being done, or proposed “unusual” and “exceedingly rare” while emphasizing  that federal law imposes constraints under which counties and states must comply with.

The laws include the Civil Rights Act of 1960 and it mandates the retention of election records for 22 months after a federal election.

It also includes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlines that no person “shall intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for voting or attempting to vote, or intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for urging or aiding any person to vote or attempt to vote.”

The first makes it the obligation of election officials to keep the security and integrity of the records and safeguard their chain of custody, “so that a complete and uncompromised record of federal elections can be reliably accessed and used in federal law enforcement matters,” the document posited.

“Where election records leave the control of elections officials, the systems for maintaining the security, integrity, and chain of custody of those records can easily be broken. Moreover, where elections records are no longer under the control of elections officials, this can lead to a significant risk of the records being lost, stolen, altered, compromised, or destroyed. This risk is exacerbated if the election records are given to private actors who have neither experience nor expertise in handling such records and who are unfamiliar with the obligations imposed by federal law,” it adds. And this is in a clear reference to the audit being done in Maricopa County, Arizona where the Florida-based Cyber Ninjas, which has no election audit experience has been tapped.

Violators of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act face fines of up to $1,000 and a jail sentence of up to a year for each violation.

“This document sets down a marker that says the Justice Department is concerned about this and we will be following this closely,” the official added.

 From the size of the crowd to the moderator Don Lemon’s performance the CNN’s well advertised town hall event with President Biden, was bashed. 

Jennifer Epstein,  Bloomberg News reporter kicked off by pointing out the very few persons in attendance.

Mark Simone,  radio host also noted, “CNN was very careful to not show that no one showed up for the Biden Town Hall and that most of the room was empty,” . 

While Bongino Report tagged the event  a “train wreck,”, the president of Media Research Center Brent Bozell described it “garbage.” 

Jack Butler, National Review editor  bashed the “contrived” CNN event that he feels is a completely different far cry from the previous successful town hall events, positing  that the format should be abolished, he tagged it a “hideous spectacle unbecoming of a self-governing republic” that continues to get worse.
 

“If CNN had any shame or respect for the citizens of a self-governing republic, the network would never air one of these idiotic events again,” Butler added. “But don’t expect that to happen anytime soon.”

NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck pointed out that while eight Democrats were allowed to ask questions, only three Republicans were allowed. 

Tom Elliott, Grabien Media founder  sarcastically said Biden was “crushing it” sharing a viral video of the president struggling to give answer to a question. The clip piled up over 2.2 million views and generated a long list of back lash. Some viewers were irked that Lemon didn’t point out Biden’s struggles, while others just felt the whole event was painful to watch. 

During the event, Lemon also called on to Biden as “the big guy”.
“You’ve been the big guy for six months now in the White House. Can you take us behind the scenes, something that was extraordinary or unusual that happened that stands out to you?” Lemon asked.

“The big guy” was a word notably used with respect to Biden in a leaked email thread allegedly involving Joe’s son Hunter Biden making a deal with a Chinese energy firm. 
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y. pointed out on this connection as well, tweeting “Wow. Even Don Lemon knows Joe Biden is the “Big Guy”! #HuntersEmails.”

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