WARNER, COLLEAGUES PRESS DOJ ON FAIR AND LEGAL DEPLOYMENT OF ELECTION MONITORS DURING MIDTERMS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following press release:

With less than 100 days until the midterms and amid ongoing threats from President Trump to nationalize, militarize, and otherwise interfere with the administration of elections, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, led a group of his colleagues in pressing the Department of Justice (DOJ) on their compliance with federal voting laws, as well as cautioning against the misuse of any federal election monitors to target jurisdictions in a partisan manner or interfere with voting or state and local election officials' administration of the voting process.

In a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and As...