Writing about the DoJ, and Blondi specifically, is becoming too much fun. It might even be overtaking how much I enjoyed laying the smackdown on Elon. This time, it actually has nothing to do with Epstein. The subject matter is just as volatile. And yes, they made a mess of themselves again. Yes, I know this isn’t exactly news. Appreciation to Raw Story:
A comedy of errors has befallen the Justice Department’s crusade to chase down Oklahoma election officials for voter data, according to a new report. The blunders were revealed through internal correspondence and public records reviewed by Democracy Docket’s Yunior Rivas, who wrote the debacle “raises questions about whether a department that appears to struggle with email can be trusted to keep safe the sensitive personal data of millions of American voters.”
The answer to that would be oh HAIL no. Email is not difficult. Anyone can handle it. Voter records are tightly protected, for good reason. Sloppy is unacceptable. No one wants that information getting out there. The FBI went and grabbed Fulton County records. We never found out *why*. Now the DoJ wants Oklahoma records. Also *why*? They don’t need it, at least not that we know of.
Justice Department officials demanded Oklahoma hand over its complete statewide voter registration list. That initial letter contained a glaring mistake, as it addressed Paul Ziriax as Oklahoma’s “Secretary of State” when he actually serves as secretary of the Oklahoma State Election Board. When Oklahoma never responded, the DOJ followed up. Voting Section acting chief Eric Neff followed up. “Please contact me asap for an update,” Neff wrote. The emails bounced into the digital void and were never delivered.
Oh, well done! Or rather, not well done. One would think that with something like this, one would be more careful and get all the details correct, like, oh, the address. How much pressure you are under does not mean you should be careless. And if the first try didn’t receive a response, maybe check before re-sending? That is assuming the person has any sense.
On Jan. 28, Oklahoma official Misha Mohr finally cleared things up //// “I regret to inform you that we did not receive the emails you sent on December 10, December 19, and January 13,” Mohr wrote in a reply. “Today, January 28, 2026, is the first time we have seen these communications. The email address was misspelled on the previous correspondence.” //// The mishap is just the latest embarrassment in the Trump DOJ’s aggressive voter roll crusade.
“DOJ lawyers have sent demand letters to the wrong officials, cited laws that do not exist, and even filed court documents that still contained internal editing comments. In one case, DOJ attorneys left visible notes to themselves in a filing questioning whether key evidence existed and reminding colleagues to ‘fix’ unresolved issues before submitting it to a federal court,” the report noted.
That’s not a department, it’s a funhouse and a theater play called “Comedy of Errors”. Okay, not really, but it should be! How long were they chasing their tails? Months? And no one thought to look at it? Isn’t it part of the law to pay attention to details? If not, I want to become a “lawyer”. They make better money. What do you think?
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The kakistocracy continues it’s kakistocracy
Continues its insanity
why could they possibly want oklahoma voter records?
That’s what’s bugging me. Why do they want voter records at all? To try and twist things around for midterms and steal votes? I think I’m missing something, but I can’t figure out what.