From Think Progress
By Amanda

One of the Bush administration’s excuses for its prosecutor purge is that the U.S. attorneys weren’t aggressively investigating voter fraud cases. Last week, President Bush said, We did hear complaints and concerns about U.S. attorneys. Some complained about the lack of vigorous prosecution of election fraud cases.

This line has been exposed. The right wing’s pursuit of voter fraud is code for suppressing the votes of minorities and poor people, the New York Times wrote. McClatchy News reported it is part of a broader strategy of voter suppression implemented by Karl Rove.

Yesterday, FBI Director Robert Mueller confirmed some of these details under questioning from Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY). Mueller said that since 2001, there have been no FBI investigations related to election fraud that should have resulted in an indictment but did not. He also confirmed that he was never consulted about the performance of the fired prosecutors.

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