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Justice Department Tells Prosecutors That Armed Federal Agents Are Allowed In Ballot-Counting Locations

Team Trump has complained that campaign officials have no access to counting rooms

Joseph Curl
Justice Department Tells Prosecutors That Armed Federal Agents Are Allowed In Ballot-Counting Locations
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The Justice Department has reportedly told federal prosecutors that the law allows them to dispatch armed federal officers to ballot-counting locations to probe possible voter fraud.

The declaration came down in an email early Wednesday, according to three people who described the message, The New York Times reported.

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