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DOJ: Ex-Pa. Prosecutor’s Statements on 2020 Election Fraud Investigation Misled Public

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Former U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania David Freed. (Photo: Courtesy Photo)

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“I handled this investigation properly from start to finish and my public statements were explicitly approved by the AG or his senior staff,” former U.S. attorney David Freed contended.

July 26, 2024 at 03:02 PM

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What You Need to Know

  • The DOJ issued a report finding that a former federal prosecutor made misleading statements about a 2020 criminal investigation into allegations of election fraud.
  • The report found that former U.S. Middle District of Pennsylvania attorney David Freed violated several DOJ policies regarding public statements.
  • Freed contended that had properly handled the investigation.

The former head prosecutor in the U.S. Middle District of Pennsylvania violated multiple Department of Justice policies when he issued a series of public statements in 2020 about an ongoing election fraud investigation, according to a report from the DOJ.

The department’s Office of the Inspector General determined in its 82-page report that former U.S. Attorney David Freed made statements that misled the public about the DOJ’s September 2020 criminal investigation into the mishandling of several mail-in ballots in Luzerne County.

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