Barrett Wouldn’t Say That Voter Intimidation Is a Federal Crime

On the second day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Judge Amy Coney Barrett refused to answer Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) questions when asked whether federal law prohibits voter intimidation at the polls.

In recent months, voter intimidation and voter suppression have been hot-button issues, with Donald Trump during the first presidential debate going so far as to openly solicit his supporters to commit voter intimidation.

“Go to the polls and watch very carefully,” Trump said, before spiraling into frequently debunked conspiracy theories about widespread voter fraud in Pennsylvania. Continue reading.