Conservatives Are So Focused On "Election Integrity" They Keep Violating It

[RayGravesGhost]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/far-influencer-convicted-voter-suppression-223755545.html
Far-right influencer convicted in voter suppression scheme
Associated Press
Fri, March 31, 2023 at 6:37 PM EDT·2 min read

NEW YORK (AP) — A self-styled far-right propagandist from Florida was convicted Friday of charges alleging that he conspired to deprive individuals of their right to vote in the 2016 presidential election.

Douglass Mackey, 33, of West Palm Beach, Florida, was convicted in Brooklyn federal court before Judge Ann M. Donnelly after a one-week trial. On the internet, he was known as “Ricky Vaughn.”

In 2016, Mackey had about 58,000 Twitter followers and was ranked by the MIT Media Lab as the 107th-most important influencer of the then-upcoming presidential election, prosecutors said. He had described himself as an “American nationalist” who regularly retweeted Trump and promoted conspiracy theories about voter fraud by Democrats.

Mackey, who was arrested in January 2021, could face up to 10 years in prison. His sentencing is set for Aug. 16.

U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said in a release that the jury rejected Mackey’s cynical attempt to use the First Amendment free speech protections to shield himself from criminal liability for a voter suppression scheme.

“Today’s verdict proves that the defendant’s fraudulent actions crossed a line into criminality," he said.

 

[RayGravesGhost]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/us/politics/gop-voter-registration-fraud-eric.html
G.O.P. States Abandon Bipartisan Voting Integrity Group, Yielding to Conspiracy Theories
Five red states have severed ties since last year with the Electronic Registration Information Center, a nonprofit that helps maintain accurate voter rolls.


First to leave was Louisiana, followed by Alabama.

Then, in one fell swoop, Florida, Missouri and West Virginia announced on Monday that they would drop out of a bipartisan network of about 30 states that helps maintain accurate voter rolls, one that has faced intensifying attacks from election deniers and right-wing media.

Ohio may not be far behind, according to a letter sent to the group Monday from the state’s chief election official, Frank LaRose. Mr. LaRose and his counterparts in the five states that left the group are all Republicans.

For more than a year, the Electronic Registration Information Center, a nonprofit organization known as ERIC, has been hit with false claims from allies of former President Donald J. Trump who say it is a voter registration vehicle for Democrats that received money from George Soros, the liberal billionaire and philanthropist, when it was created in 2012.

 

[fsu939913]

Yes because it's us who paid Russia for a dossier, created fake collusion, tried to remove a sitting president twice, cheated in the next election, realizes that their policies are so bad and ruining America that they literally have to jail Trump so he can't win.....but yea, it's totally us

 

[ghost_of_ukalum1988]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/far-influencer-convicted-voter-suppression-223755545.html
Far-right influencer convicted in voter suppression scheme
Associated Press
Fri, March 31, 2023 at 6:37 PM EDT·2 min read

NEW YORK (AP) — A self-styled far-right propagandist from Florida was convicted Friday of charges alleging that he conspired to deprive individuals of their right to vote in the 2016 presidential election.

Douglass Mackey, 33, of West Palm Beach, Florida, was convicted in Brooklyn federal court before Judge Ann M. Donnelly after a one-week trial. On the internet, he was known as “Ricky Vaughn.”

In 2016, Mackey had about 58,000 Twitter followers and was ranked by the MIT Media Lab as the 107th-most important influencer of the then-upcoming presidential election, prosecutors said. He had described himself as an “American nationalist” who regularly retweeted Trump and promoted conspiracy theories about voter fraud by Democrats.

Mackey, who was arrested in January 2021, could face up to 10 years in prison. His sentencing is set for Aug. 16.

U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said in a release that the jury rejected Mackey’s cynical attempt to use the First Amendment free speech protections to shield himself from criminal liability for a voter suppression scheme.

“Today’s verdict proves that the defendant’s fraudulent actions crossed a line into criminality," he said.

 

[RayGravesGhost]

Is subverting democracy and the rights of thousands of voters more serious than rape?

I guess America has decided "yes".

Do you even know that the republican party has a history of voter suppression?

I wonder if this historical fact could even be legally taught in conservative states now like Florida


https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...ed-another-tool-for-suppressing-votes/550052/
The Republican Party Emerges From Decades of Court Supervision
After being bound by a consent decree for 35 years, the Republican National Committee is now free to continue its “ballot security” campaign.

By Vann R. Newkirk II
JANUARY 9, 2018


Thirty-five years after it was first imposed, a judge has lifted a consent decree barring the Republican National Committee from pursuing “ballot security” measures.

In their 1981 lawsuit to stop the RNC from engaging in certain practices at the polls, the Democratic National Committee attested that in a New Jersey gubernatorial election, the RNC had sent sample ballots to communities of color, and then had the names for each ballot returned as undeliverable removed from voter rolls. Democrats also alleged that the RNC hired off-duty cops to patrol majority-minority precincts, wearing “National Ballot Security Task Force” armbands. These details were enough to secure a consent decree between the two party organizations and the court in 1982, stopping the GOP from engaging in such voter-intimidation practices.

 

[RayGravesGhost]

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaig...measures-are-working-despite-democratic-wins/
GOP voter suppression measures are working, despite Democratic wins
BY ALBERT HUNT, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 02/05/23 11:30 AM ET


The Democrats’ better-than-expected showing in last year’s elections — especially the victory of Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock — suggest that despite all the clamor, new stricter voting laws didn’t have any impact.

That’s wrong.

There’s anecdotal and some empirical data indicating some voter suppression measures achieved their purpose to hold down votes, particularly in minority communities. There are multiple factors in turnout — the candidates, the weather, money — so any precise estimate on the effects of voting restrictions approved by 19 Republican legislatures is not possible.

But listen to the voter suppression advocates. Robert Spindell, a GOP member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, bragged to fellow Republicans that “we can be especially proud” of the lower turnout in Milwaukee, “with the major reductions happening in the overwhelming Black and Hispanic” areas.

 

[EvilWayz]

, tried to remove a sitting president twice,

To be fair, the Pubs impeached a sitting president for perjury and then somehow didn't have the balls to remove him from office.

 

[RayGravesGhost]

Yes because it's us who paid Russia for a dossier,

The dossier was initially purchased by REPUBLICAN opposition to trump in the GOP primary

created fake collusion,

You mean the "fake" collusion Mueller said he couldn't come to a decision on because the trump campaign was lying too much to the investigators?

The "fake" collusion that had Manafort giving campaign polling data to Russian oligarch Deripaska?

The "fake" investigation that found 10 cases of obstruction of justice

tried to remove a sitting president twice, cheated in the next election,

The cheating in the next election is being prosecuted right now....

The targets of this cheating are called the trump administration for attempting a coup by lying about the election results. They employed a lot of republicans to attempt to cheat

realizes that their policies are so bad ruining America that they literally have to jail Trump so he can't win.....but yea, it's totally us

trump is facing criminal charges for his own actions...

So yes it is you...conservatives have always "cheated"...have a long history of illegal voter suppression



This case of GOP cheating will be part of the indictments in Fulton county


https://apnews.com/article/2022-mid...ing-lawsuits-378bdd712f73ebee18e79cbbceb0d84d
Video shows ‘unauthorized access’ to Ga. election equipment
By KATE BRUMBACK
September 20, 2022

 

[RayGravesGhost]

How's this for "election integrity" ?


https://apnews.com/article/miami-senate-elections-florida-elections-e8b70ce3270bd170e37a71ca80b5aaae
Ex-Florida senator charged in fake candidate scheme
By CURT ANDERSON
March 18, 2021

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida state Republican senator was charged Thursday with three criminal counts involving a sham candidate intended to siphon votes away from a Democratic incumbent.

An arrest warrant says Frank Artiles, the former senator from the Miami area, gave more than $44,000 to the fake candidate in the 2020 election. That candidate, Alex Rodriguez, has the same last name as the then-Democratic incumbent, Jose Javier Rodriguez.



2 years later and this has still yet to go to trial

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/new...0220901-fnv2yytojvbqtoxbqe7ivm3l2a-story.html
Trial for ex-lawmaker Frank Artiles delayed in ‘ghost’ candidate case
By Jeff Weiner
Orlando Sentinel
•
Sep 01, 2022 at 4:44 pm

The trial of former state lawmaker Frank Artiles, who is accused of bribing a friend to run in a competitive state Senate race in an apparent vote-siphoning scheme two years ago, has been delayed.

Artiles, 49, was set to stand trial Sept. 12 but court records show Circuit Judge Ariana Fajardo Orshan granted a continuance Thursday morning. The new trial date is now expected to be chosen in November.




Maybe its because republicans are in control of the state government and our republican Governor is running for president by locking up black democrats and this story doesn't "fit" the GOP narrative?

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/pol...0230120-bs2fpepehnazzbhvtlsjw5rc5a-story.html
A year after notifying targets, state won't reveal status of 'ghost' candidate probe

 

[fsu939913]

The dossier was initially purchased by REPUBLICAN opposition to trump in the GOP primary



You mean the "fake" collusion Mueller said he couldn't come to a decision on because the trump campaign was lying too much to the investigators?

The "fake" collusion that had Manafort giving campaign polling data to Russian oligarch Deripaska?

The "fake" investigation that found 10 cases of obstruction of justice



The cheating in the next election is being prosecuted right now....

The targets of this cheating are called the trump administration for attempting a coup by lying about the election results. They employed a lot of republicans to attempt to cheat



trump is facing criminal charges for his own actions...

So yes it is you...conservatives have always "cheated"...have a long history of illegal voter suppression



This case of GOP cheating will be part of the indictments in Fulton county


https://apnews.com/article/2022-mid...ing-lawsuits-378bdd712f73ebee18e79cbbceb0d84d
Video shows ‘unauthorized access’ to Ga. election equipment
By KATE BRUMBACK
September 20, 2022

I never seen someone fall for propaganda this hard in my life....holy shit

 

[RayGravesGhost]

I never seen someone fall for propaganda this hard in my life....holy shit

Are you speaking of yourself?

You deny what the Washington Free Beacon admitted to SIX years ago? 🤣

trump propaganda sticks in your head like flies to....



https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/website-with-gop-ties-funded-research-on-trump-dossier
AP report: Website with GOP ties funded research on Trump dossier
Politics Oct 28, 2017 9:32 AM EDT


NEW YORK — A conservative website with strong ties to the Republican establishment triggered the investigation into Donald Trump’s past that ultimately produced the dossier that alleged a compromised relationship between the president and the Kremlin.

The Washington Free Beacon on Friday confirmed it originally retained the political research firm Fusion GPS to scour then-candidate Trump’s background for negative information, a common practice known as “opposition research” in politics. Leaders from the Free Beacon, which is funded largely by Republican billionaire Paul Singer, insisted none of the early material it collected appeared in the dossier released later in the year detailing explosive allegations, many uncorroborated, about Trump compiled by a former British spy.

“During the 2016 election cycle we retained Fusion GPS to provide research on multiple candidates in the Republican presidential primary, just as we retained other firms to assist in our research into Hillary Clinton,” wrote the site’s editor-in-chief, Matthew Continetti, and chairman Michael Goldfarb.

 

[GatorTheo]

What did he do? He suppressed votes by tweeting?

 

[RayGravesGhost]

What did he do? He suppressed votes by tweeting?

He fraudulently attempted to misdirect black votes...he wasn't the only republican convicted of this



https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/us/politics/ohio-robocalls-wohl-burkman-guilty.html
Right-Wing Operatives Plead Guilty in Voter-Suppression Scheme
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman arranged thousands of robocalls that prosecutors said were intended to discourage residents of minority neighborhoods from voting by mail in 2020.

By Christine Hauser
Oct. 25, 2022

 

[RayGravesGhost]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...harged-in-election-fraud-scheme-idUSKCN1QG2FS
2020 U.S. ELECTIONS
North Carolina Republican operative charged in election fraud scheme

FEBRUARY 27, 2019 12:28 PM UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
By Gabriella Borter

(Reuters) - The North Carolina Republican political operative at the center of an absentee ballot fraud scheme that led the state to order a rerun of a congressional election was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice on Wednesday, officials said.



https://www.newyorker.com/news/news...ion-fraud-in-disputed-north-carolina-district
A Republican Operative Faced Prior Allegations of Election Fraud in a Disputed North Carolina District
By Doug Bock Clark

December 4, 2018

 

[GatorTheo]

He fraudulently attempted to misdirect black votes...he wasn't the only republican convicted of this



https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/us/politics/ohio-robocalls-wohl-burkman-guilty.html
Right-Wing Operatives Plead Guilty in Voter-Suppression Scheme
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman arranged thousands of robocalls that prosecutors said were intended to discourage residents of minority neighborhoods from voting by mail in 2020.

By Christine Hauser
Oct. 25, 2022

So they're cracking down on deceptive political practices? I'd be fine with that as long as it's across the board and not just targeting republicans.

 

[RayGravesGhost]

So they're cracking down on deceptive political practices? I'd be fine with that as long as it's across the board and not just targeting republicans.

It hasn't been just republicans...

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/p...olitical-operative-sentenced-30-months-prison
Former U.S. Congressman and Philadelphia Political Operative Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Election Fraud
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced today that former U.S. Congressman Michael “Ozzie” Myers, 79, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $100,000 in fines, with $10,000 of that due immediately, by United States District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond after pleading guilty to conspiracy to deprive voters of civil rights, bribery, obstruction of justice, falsification of voting records, conspiring to illegally vote in a federal election, and for orchestrating schemes to fraudulently stuff the ballot boxes for specific Democratic candidates in the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 Pennsylvania elections. The defendant was immediately remanded into custody following today’s hearing.



its just makes all of the trumper's lies about election integrity being ONLY about democratic cheating and voter suppression being "imaginary" complete crap


What should trump get for a sentence if found guilty in Fulton county? Or Jan 6?

 

[GatorTheo]

It hasn't been just republicans...

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/p...olitical-operative-sentenced-30-months-prison
Former U.S. Congressman and Philadelphia Political Operative Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Election Fraud
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced today that former U.S. Congressman Michael “Ozzie” Myers, 79, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $100,000 in fines, with $10,000 of that due immediately, by United States District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond after pleading guilty to conspiracy to deprive voters of civil rights, bribery, obstruction of justice, falsification of voting records, conspiring to illegally vote in a federal election, and for orchestrating schemes to fraudulently stuff the ballot boxes for specific Democratic candidates in the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 Pennsylvania elections. The defendant was immediately remanded into custody following today’s hearing.



its just makes all of the trumper's lies about election integrity being ONLY about democratic cheating and voter suppression being "imaginary" complete crap


What should trump get for a sentence if found guilty in Fulton county? Or Jan 6?

That guy actually did something....bribes, tampering, etc.

 

[RayGravesGhost]

So all of the cases I posted so far weren't tampering? The US legal system disagrees with you LOL

Is this "tampering"? Or is Rudy lying to MULTIPLE state legislatures "OK" in your book?

 

[grandhavendiddy]

No independent looks at Rudi and says, "he's got his act together, I will believe anything he tells me".
There was some fraud, but nothing to overturn the election.

It is a loser issue for the far right just as is abortion restrictions. Pass the laws as Texas, Florida and Georgia did and then move onto hard-fought retail get out the vote efforts.

Focus on 2024 - border, crime, economy, educational achievement, weaponizing of federal institutions, taking a sane path in the culture discussions and watch independents vote R. You have to focus on winning 51% of the vote, not just making 30-35% be wildly happy.

What will happen is that DeSantis either never declares (smart move) or pulls out and then Trump will lose to Biden in the general.

The key is what happens in the Senate. Can the Republicans take back both houses.

 

[RayGravesGhost]

No independent looks at Rudi and says, "he's got his act together, I will believe anything he tells me".
There was some fraud, but nothing to overturn the election.

How about the fake electors?
Was that a fraud that could have overturned the election?

Don't just focus on "democratic" accused fraud

What about the fake electors fraud republicans have supported to this day in 2020 that's being investigated right now?

Where was the "integrity" in that effort?

Was there a "weaponization" effort to fire the acting AG and install a political partisan that was willing to lie to overthrow an election?

Don't act like Rudy G was the only "integrity" issue in 2020

It is a loser issue for the far right just as is abortion restrictions. Pass the laws as Texas, Florida and Georgia did and then move onto hard-fought retail get out the vote efforts.

Pass the laws that are racially discriminatory that would never have been passed if the Voting Rights Act didn't get gutted by a conservative Supreme Court?

So we should allow just a few cases of voter disenfranchisement stand like Florida. Texas & Georgia stand and "move on" to actually trying to win on issues?

Focus on 2024 - border, crime, economy, educational achievement, weaponizing of federal institutions, taking a sane path in the culture discussions and watch independents vote R. You have to focus on winning 51% of the vote, not just making 30-35% be wildly happy.

Conservative ideas about those issues have lost...that's why trump chose the coup attempt

What will happen is that DeSantis either never declares (smart move) or pulls out and then Trump will lose to Biden in the general.

The key is what happens in the Senate. Can the Republicans take back both houses.

You mean under the "just ignore some of the voter discrimination laws" system or in a system where voters aren't disenfranchised by conservative state legislatures?

 

[fsu939913]

Are you speaking of yourself?

You deny what the Washington Free Beacon admitted to SIX years ago? 🤣

trump propaganda sticks in your head like flies to....



https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/website-with-gop-ties-funded-research-on-trump-dossier
AP report: Website with GOP ties funded research on Trump dossier
Politics Oct 28, 2017 9:32 AM EDT


NEW YORK — A conservative website with strong ties to the Republican establishment triggered the investigation into Donald Trump’s past that ultimately produced the dossier that alleged a compromised relationship between the president and the Kremlin.

The Washington Free Beacon on Friday confirmed it originally retained the political research firm Fusion GPS to scour then-candidate Trump’s background for negative information, a common practice known as “opposition research” in politics. Leaders from the Free Beacon, which is funded largely by Republican billionaire Paul Singer, insisted none of the early material it collected appeared in the dossier released later in the year detailing explosive allegations, many uncorroborated, about Trump compiled by a former British spy.

“During the 2016 election cycle we retained Fusion GPS to provide research on multiple candidates in the Republican presidential primary, just as we retained other firms to assist in our research into Hillary Clinton,” wrote the site’s editor-in-chief, Matthew Continetti, and chairman Michael Goldfarb.

And yet Hildabeast was fined for it

DNC, Clinton campaign agree to Steele dossier funding fine

Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee have agreed to pay $113,000 to settle a Federal Election Commission investigation.

apnews.com

 

[fsu939913]

No independent looks at Rudi and says, "he's got his act together, I will believe anything he tells me".
There was some fraud, but nothing to overturn the election.

It is a loser issue for the far right just as is abortion restrictions. Pass the laws as Texas, Florida and Georgia did and then move onto hard-fought retail get out the vote efforts.

Focus on 2024 - border, crime, economy, educational achievement, weaponizing of federal institutions, taking a sane path in the culture discussions and watch independents vote R. You have to focus on winning 51% of the vote, not just making 30-35% be wildly happy.

What will happen is that DeSantis either never declares (smart move) or pulls out and then Trump will lose to Biden in the general.

The key is what happens in the Senate. Can the Republicans take back both houses.

If Biden wins the dems are absolute morons.....you have to be the lowest IQ human ever to vote Biden a 2nd term

 

[RayGravesGhost]

And yet Hildabeast was fined for it

And poof another trump consporacy dries up under direct sunlight...

Now fsu93 admits that the truth is the dossier was actually a creation of establishment republicans at the Washington Free Becon

Amazing how "propaganda" can become an admission of thruth for the trump loyalist in a flash

 

[RayGravesGhost]

If Biden wins the dems are absolute morons.....you have to be the lowest IQ human ever to vote Biden a 2nd term

Well that's a compelling argument...Did you take debate as a minor at the clown college?

 

[fsu939913]

And poof another trump consporacy dries up under direct sunlight...

Now fsu93 admits that the truth is the dossier was actually a creation of establishment republicans at the Washington Free Becon

Amazing how "propaganda" can become an admission of thruth for the trump loyalist in a flash

And yet the hildabeast paid for it

 

[fsu939913]

Well that's a compelling argument...Did you take debate as a minor at the clown college?

Took logic and reasoning.

 

[RayGravesGhost]

And yet the hildabeast paid for it

So how does it feel to learn the truth?
That you're an idiot for calling a 6 year old truth "propaganda" that you didn't believe 🤣

 

[RayGravesGhost]

Took logic and reasoning.

Is that where you learned how to call admitted facts.... "propaganda"?
Or did you develop that level of dumb all on your own? 😂

 

[JimGaster]

Why have Dems become so evil?!?!

 

[RayGravesGhost]

Why have conservatives always been evil?

 

[Uniformed_ReRe]

Well that's a compelling argument...Did you take debate as a minor at the clown college?

If I recall correctly, FSUNumbers went to GaTech. He also doesn’t sit with “the poors.”

 

[RayGravesGhost]

If I recall correctly, FSUNumbers went to GaTech. He also doesn’t sit with “the poors.”

Interesting

 

[Uniformed_ReRe]

Interesting

My memory is hazy, but I think he also once threw tater tots at Jimbo Fisher and challenged him to a fight.

 

[RayGravesGhost]

Did he challenge him while under the big top? And was clown makeup involved? 🤡

 

[fsu939913]

Is that where you learned how to call admitted facts.... "propaganda"?
Or did you develop that level of dumb all on your own? 😂

Keep voting Biden, things are going so great lol I gave you the article, you chose not to read it

 

[fsu939913]

Why have conservatives always been evil?

Because we hate you blue haired weaklings

 

[fsu939913]

So how does it feel to learn the truth?
That you're an idiot for calling a 6 year old truth "propaganda" that you didn't believe 🤣

I was right. About everything. You believed Russian collusion lol idiot

 

[RayGravesGhost]

Keep voting Biden, things are going so great lol I gave you the article, you chose not to read it

What does Clinton being fined have to do with the origin of the document

It was started by REPUBLICANS 🤣

 

[RayGravesGhost]

Because we hate you blue haired weaklings

Says the guy who wears makeup 🤡 🤣

 

[RayGravesGhost]

I was right. About everything. You believed Russian collusion lol idiot

Just another investigation that Barr covered up for trump...


https://www.courthousenews.com/cour...rted-obstruction-charges-after-mueller-probe/
Court shines light on how Trump averted obstruction charges after Mueller probe
The Justice Department has kept a tight lid on its analysis from 2019, but a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit is prying it off.

ROSE WAGNER / August 19, 2022


Former Attorney General William Barr received the memo in the two days that it took him to report to Congress on Mueller’s findings, which at the time had been shared only with him. The Mueller report had left it for Barr to determine whether then-President Donald Trump’s interference with the investigation amounted to obstruction of justice. He ultimately concluded that the evidence was insufficient and that Trump should not be charged.

The organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in turn sued to access the Justice Department’s memo under the Freedom of Information Act, but the agency argued that the document was privileged because it included internal discussions of whether to charge Trump with a crime.

Ordering sunlight instead, the D.C. Circuit affirmed a district court order for the government to release the memo. Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan wrote for the panel that, at the time of the memo, “a charging decision concededly was off the table,” and that the department failed to prove the memo contributed to Barr’s decisionmaking over whether to prosecute Trump.

"As the Department concedes, it never in fact considered charging President Trump with obstruction of justice or any other crime. Instead, like Special Counsel Mueller, the Department took as a given that the Constitution would bar the prosecution of a sitting President," Srinivasan wrote.