Glenn Kirschner: Let’s Talk Trump’s Appointment of Postmaster General DeJoy and the Elements of Criminal Conspiracy

America, Land of the Free – bastion of liberty and tolerance. Yeah, right

August 05, 2020

Donald Trump continues to falsely assert that voting by mail is rife with fraud and foreign interference. Trump even tweeted that his concern over the security of voting by mail may lead him to unlawfully delay the election. On top of all that, Trump appoints a high-dollar Republican donor with no U.S. postal service experience to serve as Postmaster General. Postmaster General DeJoy promptly goes about slowing mail service.

Criminal conspiracies are secret agreements rarely reduced to writing to accomplish an unlawful goal. They can generally be seen when people act together toward a common criminal goal. What Trump and DeJoy are doing appears to be attempting to interfere in our free and fair elections by manipulating mail service.

About Glenn Kirshner

Glenn Kirschner brings analysis and insight to legal issues of the day, drawing from his 30 years as a federal prosecutor, homicide prosecutor and Army JAG. Glenn is an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst and teaches criminal law at George Washington University.