By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-14 09:41:16 | Updated at 2024-11-22 13:08:32
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FEC chairman says DOJ broke federal policies with ‘warning letter’ to Musk
Washington Examiner ^ | 13 Nov 2024 | Emily Hallas
Posted on 11/14/2024 1:31:29 AM PST by blueplum
A top Federal Election Commission official has accused the Department of Justice of violating federal policies and targeting “perceived political opponents” for a letter it sent to Elon Musk.
FEC Chairman Sean Cooksey argued that the agency’s actions amounted to efforts “to intimidate and chill private citizens and organizations from campaigning on behalf of President Trump” and tried to influence the outcome of the 2024 presidential election...
“The underlying motivation behind this stunt is obvious,” Cooksey said after comparing the DOJ’s warning letter to the 1972 Watergate scandal. “Employees of President Biden’s Department of Justice wanted to stop an independent political committee from campaigning for President Trump in crucial swing states just prior to election day.”
Cooksey also accused the DOJ’s Public Integrity Section of immediately leaking the letter it sent to Musk to the New York Times...“Writing such a letter and then leaking it also violates the department’s long-standing policy against the identification of uncharged parties and the disclosure of prejudicial information,” he wrote. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: doj; lawfare; musk; trump
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