JokersUpdates.com: Current Affairs - Former U.S. Attorney: Joyce Vance: A little new, disturbing news from Ohio yesterday. Trump’s DOJ seems to have learned the wrong lesson from the pushback to its indictment of the Southern Poverty

Law Center, a well-resourced national civil rights group that does pro-voting work and enjoys broad support in the civil rights community.

Apparently intent on avoiding a repeat of that situation, in which the DOJ has been widely criticized for bringing such a marginal case, FBI agents yesterday executed a search of the Cleveland office of a group called the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, which works to register Ohio voters. The group is obviously far lower profile than the SPLC, but the same effort to intimidate is evident.

In addition to the offices, agents went to the homes of not only the organization’s leaders but members of its staff. They had subpoenas (these are cut by the local U.S. Attorney’s office, and do not require a judge’s sign off) and, according to reporting, were also “seeking information and electronic devices.” A board member called it “Just straight-up intimidation tactics.”
This is a deeply disturbing development.

Ohio may be the first place the administration tries out this tactic against groups that help Americans vote, but it’s unlikely to be the last. The message is clear: If you help Americans this administration thinks will vote for Democrats lawfully exercise their right to vote, the government will throw its might at you. Prepare for the worst.

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