WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Justice has given its prosecutors more leeway to publicly announce investigations into voting-related crimes, weakening a longstanding policy against making such statements right before a presidential election, media outlets reported on Wednesday .
In a 2017 memo, the Justice Department said publicly announcing investigations right before the election"runs the obvious risk of chilling legitimate voting and campaign activities" and"runs the significant risk of interjecting the investigation itself as an issue" in the campaign. "There is simply no reason to depart from that sensible starting point that has guided federal prosecutors for years," she said.
The US Attorney's Office in New Jersey on Wednesday announced the arrest of a postal worker accused of discarding about 2,000 pieces of mail, including about 100 blank general election ballots. The Justice Department said the evidence does not indicate that the postal worker's actions were politically motivated.
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