Posted on 07/12/2021 5:25:50 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin
Dear President Trump,
It was my great honor to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in your Administration. You asked me to prioritize public safety, and that is exactly what I did. While Larry Krasner, the radical leftist Philadelphia District Attorney, was letting violent criminals go and refusing to prosecute rioters, looters, and arsonists, our Office was putting them in jail and standing up for law-abiding citizens.
In the spring of 2020, I prosecuted and won an election fraud case against a Judge of Elections in South Philadelphia who was stuffing the ballot box. I also charged the political consultant (a former Democratic Congressman) who was paying bribes to the Judge to stuff the ballot box.
President Trump, you were right to be upset about the way the Democrats ran the 2020 election in Pennsylvania – it was a partisan disgrace. The Governor, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and the partisan State Supreme Court made up their own rules and did not follow the law. Even worse, the State Attorney General, Josh Shapiro – the very person responsible for the enforcement of state election law – declared days before Election Day that you could not win the election. It would be hard to imagine a more irresponsible statement by a law enforcement officer, especially during a hotly contested election. In light of such statements, it is hardly surprising that many Pennsylvanians lack faith in our state’s election results.
On Election Day and afterwards, our Office received various allegations of voter fraud and election irregularities. As part of my responsibilities as U.S. Attorney, I wanted to be transparent with the public and, of course, investigate fully any allegations. Attorney General Barr, however, instructed me not to make any public statements or put out any press releases regarding possible election irregularities. I was also given a directive to pass along serious allegations to the State Attorney General for investigation – the same State Attorney General who had already declared that you could not win.
I disagreed with that decision, but those were my orders. As a Marine infantry officer, I was trained to follow the chain of command and to respect the orders of my superiors, even when I disagree with them.
Mr. President, public service is in my blood, and I would like to serve the people of Pennsylvania and restore conservative leadership to our state. I will be the Republican candidate for Governor with the best chance to win the general election in November 2022. Based on my background and experience, I am uniquely positioned to defeat Mr. Shapiro (the likely Democratic candidate) and would welcome the chance to discuss this with you in person. I would be honored to have your support.
I disagreed with that decision, but those were my orders. As a Marine infantry officer, I was trained to follow the chain of command and to respect the orders of my superiors, even when I disagree with them.
Mr. President, public service is in my blood, and I would like to serve the people of Pennsylvania and restore conservative leadership to our state. I will be the Republican candidate for Governor with the best chance to win the general election in November 2022. Based on my background and experience, I am uniquely positioned to defeat Mr. Shapiro (the likely Democratic candidate) and would welcome the chance to discuss this with you in person. I would be honored to have your support.
Once elected Governor, one of my first priorities would be to modernize Pennsylvania’s election process and protect the right of all Pennsylvania citizens to cast a legitimate vote. That means no ballot harvesting, undated ballots, unsigned ballots, ballots collected after Election Day (other than legitimate military and overseas absentee ballots), obstacles to poll watchers observing the counting of ballots, different rules in different counties, and, of course, no ballot stuffing of the kind that I previously prosecuted. It also means responsible voter ID legislation. Ensuring people’s confidence in elections should be a nonpartisan issue. In short, we have a responsibility to make it easy to vote, but hard – if not impossible – to cheat. That is how we respect the will of the people – and how the best and most deserving candidates win.
Thank you for your consideration, and I hope to see you soon.
Very respectfully,
William M. McSwain
Former United States Attorney, Eastern District of PA, 2018-2021
I am curious to know whether Barr’s “order” has been preserved, when it happened, and what form it took.
Seems Barr claims he was “hands off” and did not illegal interfere. He did.
What does a Marine do when the order(s) are clearly illegal ?
So if the justice department Barr orders you to jump off a cliff, I’m sure your Marine training would force you to do just that, right?
I thought the armed forces were taught not to obey illegal orders.🤔
And he wants to be my governor to replace Mr. Wolf and he let RINO Barr run over him interesting.
Barr resigned early and got out ahead of January 6th that is even more interesting to me.
Election fraud is a federal offense for which the Justice Department has jurisdiction and responsibility. (See document at link below.) Barr is a deep state, never-Trumper coward and will have to go to his grave knowing that he materially participated in the death of this nation.
If you are THIS doofus, you carry it out!
Most definitely a phone call, probably through an intermediary, on a burner phone.
You'll never find any trace of that communication.
McSwain would then follow the next order he was given to cover up crime. Non-sense. Learn to code.
Will this information on Barr’s communications be available via FOIA?
DeSantis is on a par with others Conservative in rhetoric but not ready to deliver any kind of combative in the face of the enemy words or actions that Trump delivered.
Trump fell short but DeSantis isn’t going to do any better and I would expect be worse.
Politics as usual means 99 percent of them elected Republicans are phoney baloney plastic bananas who hide behind the “Conservative” word games they play in their speaking.
Bkmk
Philly has ALWAYS had voter fraud. Why wouldn’t Barr take the opportunity to look at it?
“Once elected Governor, one of my first priorities would be to modernize Pennsylvania’s election process”
Wrong answer except for voter ID. What he needs to do is de modernize the system. Go back to when none of that other crap even existed. It was much harder to cheat. Electronic voting apparatus have no place in our elections because there are a thousand ways to cheat with them without even leaving a trail. Or least one that can be easily followed.
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