UPDATED: An Example Of What Barr's Role Is
TGP is reporting tonight:
The Nevada GOP is taking action:
Our lawyers just sent a criminal referral to AG Barr regarding at least 3,062 instances of voter fraud. We expect that number to grow substantially. Thousands of individuals have been identified who appear to have violated the law by casting ballots after they moved from NV.
Barr can, and I believe will, order investigations to be opened on these matters if there appears to be reasonable belief that crimes were committed. Those investigations can't possibly move fast enough to prosecution to affect the outcome of the election--by themselves . However, the mere fact of opening investigations will be useful to Trump's lawyers and will carry weight with the federal courts. That is especially true with the SCOTUS. They all know Barr by reputation and some I'm sure know him personally.
But in this turn of events please understand that Barr--as also the FBI agents and DoJ lawyers--is playing a supporting role. The best he can do will be supportive of the main actors, who will be Trump's lawyers and ultimately the SCOTUS.
UPDATE: Late breaking news and commentary.
Apparently the counting of ballots in AZ is continuing with good results for Trump. Larry Schweikart shares what he's hearing from the Trump camp:
Word from Team Trump. Pretty good news, but no, not gonna share everything:
1) Trump on target to win AZ, NC, GA. ("This isn't wishful thinking: this is the math"). Margins smaller than we'd like but a win is a win. (My comment: guess what? DemoKKKrats won't challenge . . .
because they know that a challenge would open up vastly more bad ballots on their part!)
2) Trump expects to win NV based on votes outstanding. 3) They will win PA.
4) They already have evidence of cheating. It needs to be substantial to take to the state legislatures. Remember, if conflicted (as best I can tell) a state legislature can punt and send two slates to the US Senate which has final authority on who to count.
Again. Barr, FBI, DoJ--their role is supporting. They're the ones who can take the allegations and open cases. Trump's lawyers can't do that. But the ones who can put those open cases to use will be Trump's lawyers, as support for their arguments. The investigations can't be resolved quickly enough to matter in and of themselves. Again, it's about predication--is their sufficient predication for actual criminal investigations. If Barr says there is, that will carry weight with the courts, but the argument will be made by Trump's lawyers.