(NPR) Head Of Elections Investigations Leaves After Barr Breaks Precedent, OKs 2020 Probes

Head Of Elections Investigations Leaves After Barr Breaks Precedent, OKs 2020 Probes

U.S. Attorney General William Barr meets with members of the St. Louis Police Department on Oct. 15. On Monday night, Richard Pilger resigned as director of the Justice Department's election crimes branch, protesting Barr's memo authorizing federal prosecutors to pursue allegations of voting irregularities.



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Head Of Elections Investigations Leaves After Barr Breaks Precedent, OKs 2020 Probes

The attorney general's policy breaks with Justice Department guidance of not interfering with elections that has stood for 40 years, Richard Pilger says.