{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/congressman-mo-brooks-leads-letter-attorney-general-barr-requesting-voter", "Congressman Mo Brooks Leads Letter to Attorney General Barr Requesting Voter Fraud Investigation & Injunction in Georgia", "2020-12-04", "2020", "2020-12", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Mo Brooks", "B001274", "brooks.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC Friday, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05), 20 conservative House members, and 4 conservative House members-elect sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr requesting he launch a U.S. Department of Justice investigation to complementGeorgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's investigation into multiple organizations' attempts to register illegal and invalid voters in Georgia. The letter also strongly urges Attorney General Barr to issue a restraining order or temporary injunction under federal law preventing organizations from registering illegal and invalid voters in the upcoming Georgia Senate runoff election.\nCongressman Brooks said, The evidence is overwhelming that Georgia's election process has been corrupted by voter fraud and election theft. The perpetrators of these heinous acts must be investigated, and, as appropriate, prosecuted to the fullest. Quite frankly, yesterday's Georgia Senate hearing video tape revelation was shocking and stunning. No one should ever be allowed to bring an estimated 15,000 to 18,000 ballots to a vote-counting facility in suitcases; hide those suitcases under a table before the vote-counting facility opens; at roughly 10:30 PM at night, declare that vote tabulation is finished for the night and will resume at 8:30 AM the next day; order all poll watchers and media to leave the facility; and then, once the facility is reduced to a bare minimum of five co-workers (and possibly criminal co-conspirators), with no poll watchers present; roll out the suitcases from their hiding place, withdraw thousands of ballots, and stuff the vote-counting machines with what appears to be, by the conduct observed, illegal and fraudulent ballots. Yet that is exactly what a newly released video of a polling location reveals. America's Attorney General must expedite its investigation of this and other matters, and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law all criminals who work to undermine the legitimacy of our Republic.\nClick HERE to download the letter.\nLetter signers: Jody Hice (GA-10), Randy Weber (TX-14), Ted Yoho (FL-03), Michael Cloud (TX-27), Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04), Andy Harris (MD-01), Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Scott Perry (PA-10), Alex Mooney (WV-02), Tedd Budd (NC-13), Benjamin Cline (VA-06), Louie Gohmert (TX-01), Jason Smith (MO-08), Ralph Norman (SC-05), Tom McClintock (CA-04), Barry Loudermilk (GA-11), David Rouzer (NC-07), Russ Fulcher (ID-03), Fred Keller (PA-12), Bob Gibbs (OH-07), Majorie Taylor Greene (member-elect, GA-14), Lauren Boebert (member-elect, CO-03), Barry Moore (member-elect, AL-02), Andrew Clyde (member-elect, GA-09).\nLetter text:\n\nDecember 4, 2020\n\nThe Honorable William Barr\nAttorney General U.S. Department of Justice\n950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW\nWashington, D.C. 20530\n\nDear Attorney General Barr,\nTwo pillars of a successful republic are election integrity and confidence in our democratic processes. As Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger revealed Monday, his office is investigating multiple organizations attempting to register illegal and invalid voters in Georgia. [1] As the Georgia Secretary of State's office lacks prosecutorial power, we ask that the Department of Justice simultaneously investigate and prosecute this illegal behavior under federal law. Additionally, we ask that you use your authority as Attorney General to issue a preliminary order preventing any organization from registering illegal and invalid voters in the upcoming January 5th Georgia U.S. Senate Runoff Elections.\nBy way of background, these organizations stand accused of registering a deceased Alabama voter, encouraging illegal voting by out of state residents, as well as knowingly sending Georgia voter registration applications out of state - as far as New York.[2] Allegedly, Operation New Voter Registration Georgia encouraged college students to temporarily change their residency so that they could vote in the runoff election,[3] which is illegal under multiple federal statutes. See 252 U.S.C.  10307(c) & 18 U.S.C.  371. Reportedly, Vote Forward attempted to register a dead voter,[4] which is also illegal under federal statute. See 52 U.S.C.  10307(c), 10307(e), 20511(2). America Votes and the New Georgia Project, founded by Stacey Abrams, both are accused of sending voter registration application to invalid addresses.[5]\nFederal law gives the Attorney General the authority to issue preliminary relief when there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about to engage in any election offense. See 52 USC  10308(d). [6] We strongly urge you to use your authority as Attorney General to issue a restraining order or temporary injunction preventing organizations from registering illegal and invalid voters in the upcoming election. Swift action is needed to ensure that illegal votes do not dilute the rights of legal voters.\nThank you for your prompt attention to this matter.\nSincerely,\n\n###\n\n[1] Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, Georgia investigating four liberal voter registration groups ahead of Senate runoffs | https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgia-investigating-four-liberal-voter-registration-groups-ahead-of-senate-runoffs/ar-BB1bvlJd?fbclid=IwAR1mwscVJmN2IfoHOY2kRKHfwOpq1MRgwVqGwxxBNgZJVSGtoMDjKVjYdLI\n[2] David Wickert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia group allegedly tried to register dead Alabama woman to vote | Available at https://www.al.com/news/2020/11/georgia-group-allegedly-tried-to-register-dead-alabama-woman-to-vote.html?outputType=amp\n[3] David Wickert, supra\n[4] David Wickert, supra\n[5] David Wickert, supra\n[6] 52 USC  10308(d) (Whenever any person has engaged or there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about to engage in any [election offense], the Attorney General may institute for the United States, or in the name of the United States, an action for preventive relief, including an application for a temporary or permanent injunction, restraining order, or other order ...)", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/congressman-mo-brooks-leads-letter-attorney-general-barr-requesting-voter"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5301520470529795, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}