Trump Administration To Fight Order To Give Documents To Democratic Voter Fraud Commissioner

[highplainsdem]

Source: HuffPo

The Trump administration says it will fight a court order telling its voter fraud commission to hand over communications and documents to a Democratic member who sued the panel and alleged he was being illegally excluded from its decision-making process.

D.C. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sided with the commissioner, Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap, on Dec. 22. She ordered the panel to give Dunlap documents, including a draft of the commission’s controversial request for state voter data and communication relating to the planning of the panel’s Sept. 12 meeting in New Hampshire.

But President Donald Trump suddenly dissolved the commission on Wednesday, and Justice Department lawyers said Friday in a letter that they would ask Kollar-Kotelly to reconsider her order because the panel no longer exists.

Because the commission is no longer considering issuing final recommendations, the lawyers wrote, Dunlap faces no harm if he is excluded from the communications. The DOJ lawyers said that Dunlap’s right to information was on the same level as that of the general public because he was no longer a commissioner.

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Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-voter-fraud-commission_us_5a50e8bde4b01e1a4b156fd4?p3f

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So this is why the commission was disbanded so suddenly?

[C_U_L8R]

1. Clearly, they have something to hide

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Must be pretty bad too!

[Iliyah]

3. Why?

Ya think this administration would want us to know of all the voter frauds this past 2016 elections. Hmmmmmmm. I bet it exposed t-rump, his administration, corporations, billionaires, Rwers, so called "Christians" and of course yours truly, the ugly GOPs of rigging the elections.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. so it's yet another coverup, something they don't want the public to see

Shine the Light!!!

[Tracer]

5. Maybe this is why:

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/greg-palast/77066/trump-is-not-ending-kobachs-racist-voter-purge-scheme-hes-putting-it-on-steroids

Greg Palast sometimes strikes me as being off the deep end, but if this is true ---- bad news.

[dlk]

6. Ordinarily, Judges Don't Appreciate Having Their Orders Questioned/Ignored

Avoiding the ordered disclosure may be the reason for disbanding the commission--too much transparency. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

[yellowcanine]

7. The judge's order was issued while the commission still existed so it likely will hold up.

In fact, disbanding the commission could be seen as a potential cover-up if the disputed information contains evidence of a crime.

[summer_in_TX]

9. More for Mueller, eh?

I hope the Special Counsel looks into it.

Do we know of other reasons he might have begun looking into Kobach and the Voter Fraud Commission?

[yellowcanine]

12. Mueller would probably have to go back to Rosenstein for permission to expand his inquiry.

[geretogo]

8. See how the cockroaches scramble back into the dark if they fear a light will shine on them .

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. This is like driving the getaway car in a bank robbery, and arguing that because you sold the car,

you can no longer be charged with a crime.

IANAL, but which flood-damaged Cracker Jack boxes are they getting these lawyers from?

[wolfie001]

11. More fascism from Twitler

The thuggery never stops