The Justice Department is probing suspicious election activity in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, where state officials have already determined there was enough evidence of fraud to order a new election. The Justice Department issued subpoenas to state election officials, a former Republican congressional candidate and a political operative earlier this month. In a March 6 grand jury subpoena, the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section informed the North Carolina Board of Elections it was conducting a criminal investigation in the Eastern District of North Carolina, where the 9th district is located. The subpoena comes weeks after the state board unanimously ruled there was enough evidence of election fraud to hold a new election. It is unclear if Robert Higdon, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, is involved in the matter.

Source: Huffington Post March 12, 2019 17:21 UTC