Attorney General Merrick Garland violated his pledge to avoid "politicizing" the Department of Justice (DOJ) by blasting states' election laws in a statement honoring the one year anniversary of the death of civil rights giant Democratic Rep. John Lewis. The Department of Justice is using all the tools at its disposal to protect the voting rights of all citizens, but that is not enough. In addition, Biden was strongly rebuked by the Washington Post's fact-checker, earning "Four Pinocchios" for his false claim that the new Georgia law "ends voting hours early." Debates over state election integrity laws are unlikely to go away soon, as legislation in Georgia, Texas, Arizona and other states continue to grab the national spotlight. Georgia's attorney general Chris Carr, who will be defending the state's election law in court against DOJ, blasted the Democrats on twitter for lying about the state's election law and for barring the public from attending the event.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2021 16:52 UTC