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Former Attorney General Eric Holder told Yahoo News Thursday that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy should absolutely face a criminal investigation to determine if he violated federal law making it illegal to tamper with the mail.

There is no question about that, Holder told the Yahoo News Skullduggery podcast in an interview. You tell me: Why would you be taking offline, right now, machines that do mail sorting at high speeds? Why would you be taking mailboxes off the street? Why would you be restricting the amount of overtime that postal employees can spend as were about to enter a period where the mails are going to be really important for this nation to handle a huge number of vote-by-mail ballots? There is clearly an indication that this is something thats political in nature.

Holder made the comments after being asked whether Postal Service cutbacks ordered by DeJoy violate a criminal law (18 U.S.C. 1701) that says anyone who knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the mail or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail is committing a crime.

Public pressure to fix the Postal Service disruptions has mounted as the cutbacks have begun to take a toll, particularly in rural communities. DeJoy, who has given large sums of money to President Trumps election campaign, was tapped in May to run the agency. On Tuesday, DeJoy said he would reverse course to avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail. But shortly after that pronouncement, the Postal Service nonetheless instructed managers not to reconnect mail sorting machines that had been disconnected, a development first reported by Motherboard at Vice News.

Holder said he does not expect this administration to initiate a criminal investigation, but said one must be conducted.

This is something that is so serious that I think that the next attorney general, the next iteration of the Justice Department, has to look into what happened here, Holder said. Whether or not it has an impact on the election or not, the attempt to subvert the election is something that has to be looked at post-Jan. 20.

The service cuts, equipment removal and other moves made by DeJoy at the agency could affect the Postal Services capacity to handle the volume of mail expected as the country approaches the November election because nothing has been done to restore what was cut, Holder said.

With regard to the machines that have been taken offline, hes not going to put them back online, he's not going to increase the amount of overtime that people can spend, and he's not going to put back on the streets the post office boxes, Holder said. So hes done really essentially nothing to make up for what at best could be an error and what I suspect really was a political attempt to support the Trump reelection effort.

Holder, a longtime Democrat who served as attorney general through most of the Obama administration, said he has been struck by the large number of Trump administration officials who have been arrested or charged with crimes. The comment came as the former attorney general reflected on the news that former Trump adviser Steve Bannon had been charged with fraud for a fundraising campaign he mounted to pay for a private border wall.

Too much of this administration has essentially been a grift, a fraud, and Bannon is just the latest in a long line of the presidents men who have been charged with crimes, convicted of crimes or who have been sent to jail, Holder said. This is probably the most corrupt administration that we have seen, maybe in the history of this country.

Holder has long worried about what he has called a politicization of the Justice Department under Trump. He said he is not reassured by the fact that Trumps Justice Department charged Bannon with fraud.

This attorney general has shown himself to be the confidant, the lawyer for the president, as opposed to the lawyer for the people, interposing himself in cases in a way that no attorney general that Im aware of has ever done, he said. Its also interesting he only kind of gets involved in cases where its the presidents guys who are having problems. How many drug cases has he gotten involved with?

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Chuck Quirmbach reports on election-year efforts to protect Gov. Evers' veto clout.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says one priority this fall is to help fellow Democrat Joe Biden become president. Evers says another key goal is to hold on to his veto power over Republicans in the state Legislature.

Evers is getting some high-profile assistance with that state politics effort.

The GOP controls both legislative chambers in Madison, but on party-line votes, is a few short of the two-thirds majorities needed to override a gubernatorial veto. Evers told a webcast organized by the Wisconsin Democratic Party Thursday that he and party leaders have been raising money for a program called "Save The Veto."

"I put raising money for myself and my [2022] reelection on hold. Bottom line is, we must protect my veto for a whole bunch of reasons, Evers said.

He said the key reason is to be able to veto an expected Republican redistricting plan next year, one that would redraw legislative boundaries for the next decade. The governor says the fundraising has brought in millions of dollars tohelp Democratic incumbents and challengers this fall in potential swing districts.

Former Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder told the webcast the legislative races in Wisconsin are very important. "This is an existential presidential election. I get that. But so are the races happening down the ballot in Wisconsin as well, Holder said.

Holder said he took part in a fundraiser last week for Wisconsin Democrats running for the legislature. Holder, chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, has been involved in several other Wisconsin contests in the last few years.

For example, Evers credits Holder's past money-raising for helping him defeat Republican incumbent Scott Walker in the 2018 race for governor.

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Young people who vote: They are the holy grail of any presidential campaign, but regularly getting them energized and excited is a yet-to-be-cracked formula.

But maybe excited is too high a bar. Ilana Glazer, the comedian and co-creator of the TV series Broad City, has a new project that rests less on building on enthusiasm for the Democratic ticket, and more on enthralling people with how voting can bring about tangible change. In this case, that change is getting rid of President Trump.

Shes approaching it from a shared antipathy to the occasionally pedantic nature of politics, which she feels can intimidate younger or newer participants.

I really resent how Im supposed to feel stupid if I dont know how the system works, Ms. Glazer said in an interview. The system is perfectly designed to evade me.

After what she described as the nightmare election of 2016, Ms. Glazer, 33, dedicated much of her past four years to progressive activism through her nonprofit group, Generator, aiming to connect with exactly that kind of uneasy liberal. Now, in the final, 70-day sprint to the election, Ms. Glazer is teaming up with the liberal super PAC Pacronym and introducing a new project titled Cheat Sheet for the Voting Booth.

In 2016, the 18-to-29 voting bloc had the lowest turnout percentage in the general election, despite relentless outreach and targeting from both presidential campaigns.

For their youth outreach efforts, campaigns usually rely on celebrities with huge appeal to young audiences. But rarely have celebrity-backed videos cut through to the intended audience.

Ms. Glazer is trying a slightly different approach, she said. Shes just going to talk to some of her friends about the election, and why theyre excited to vote, and hope some younger people listen. Maybe theyre not stoked about a President Biden, but theyre definitely infuriated by Mr. Trump.

In a series she describes as having a similar vibe to Broad City, Ms. Glazer is tapping her friends with connections to key swing states Zo Kravitz, Wanda Sykes, Eric Andre and her fellow Broad City star, Abbi Jacobson, to name a few for a 20-part web series that will feature conversations between friends about politics, the election, and coming around to Joseph R. Biden Jr. Pacronym will then edit the episodes and integrate them into a multimillion-dollar ad campaign in six battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

No matter what, the white supremacist, narcissistic, sociopathic individual occupying the White House has got to go, Ms. Glazer explains in the projects introduction. And he needs to be SHOVED out; he needs to lose by a landslide, baby.

The idea for the project is to try to connect with, and energize, a voter who is not obsessively following day-to-day political news but is worried about the state of the country. Often, that description applies to notoriously finicky youth voters.

A lot of the celebrity engagement is really overproduced and watered down, and what we usually see on campaigns are highly produced, direct-to-camera videos for surrogates, said Tara McGowan, the founder of Pacronym. They dont hit a cultural nerve the way their actual work does that made them influential.

With Cheat Sheet for the Voting Booth, Ms. Glazer and Ms. McGowan are hoping to lead with what would draw in viewers Ms. Glazers manic brand of comedy and, eventually, get to the campaign.

The project is the coronavirus-friendly reduction of what had been an expansive election-year comedy and politics schedule for Ms. Glazer. Between a Horny 4 Tha Polls national standup series and Genny Socials, which are dance parties mixed with brief political stump speeches, Ms. Glazer was planning to spend the year touring the country and motivating voters toward the twin goals of progressive causes and voting out Mr. Trump.

It kicked off with some notable successes.

We had Eric Holder dancing to George Clinton, Ms. Glazer recalled of an early Genny Social. It was wild. He was like getting low and saying, Bill Barr cant do this! And I was like, You better believe Bill Barr cant do this!

For Ms. Glazer, who describes the so-called Squad of progressive women in Congress as superheroes, the project is also about building progressive energy for Mr. Biden through a focus on the down-ballot candidates, a new generation of leaders who could be the next Squad.

But shes also hoping to also help people simply cast away the cynicism and embrace the power of voting, a line of messaging that academics have found particularly resonates with younger voters.

First-time voters especially need to believe that political engagement makes a real tangible difference in their lives, and thats what weve seen with our polling since 2017, said Mark Gearan, the director of the Harvard Institute of Politics. He said that with the pandemic and the protests against police brutality, young people were directly confronting political issues in a more involved way.

I think this is a once-in-a-generation moment for young people, he said.

Ms. Glazer hopes to help find those with that same energy, but perhaps less political knowledge, and persuade them to vote.

Their vote matters as much as Jeff Bezoss vote, Ms. Glazer said, peppering in some excitement-tinged profanity. Its such a cool thing about America.

She said she was worried that some people might think their vote doesnt count because that might be the message they are hearing. She is working to counteract that.

I would say, young people, I want them to know how much power they have, and how much their experiences and stories matter, she said.

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MADISON (WKOW) -- How crucial winning the battleground state was a popular theme among Democrats across the country during virtual events leading up to the final day of the Democratic National Convention.

While the statement is no surprise to many, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stressed this election is all riding on Wisconsin during a virtual meet up with Democrats.

Pelosi also spoke to the importance of people showing up this presidential election after President Trump narrowly defeated Hillary Clinton by fewer than 23,000 votes during the 2016 general election in Wisconsin.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder also delivered remarks on the virtual meeting, calling a Democratic victory in Wisconsin is a loss for Trump.

The fate of the United States, the fate of the Western World is on your shoulders, not too much pressure, said Holder. If Joe Biden carries Wisconsin it will be incredibly difficult for Trump to win reelection.

Throughout this week Trump, Vice President Pence, and other surrogates have traveled to the state hosting events to counter the Democratic convention. A general theme for Republicans has been mocking Biden for choosing not to accept his nomination in Milwaukee because of concerns over the coronavirus.

No amount of lip service from Joe Biden can hide the fact that he has turned his back on Wisconsin, said Anna Kelly, Trump Victory spokeswoman.

From his radical policies that would upend the Wisconsin economy, to snubbing Wisconsinites by refusing to campaign in person, Badger State voters know that Joe Biden does not have their back.

Tonight, Biden will formally accept his nomination virtually in Deleware. Meanwhile hours before Biden speaks, President Trump plans to hold an event outside the former vice presidents birthplace in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The 2020 Democratic National Convention will come to a close on Thursday, August 20 after former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the nomination and speaks.

Before Biden takes the stage, several others will speak includingSen. Cory Booker, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Chris Coons, and the Biden Family.

The theme for Day 4 is 'Americas Promise'. According to the DNC website, Biden is expected to speak about his vision for uniting America and moving forward.

Thursday morning, top national and state Democratic leaders met virtually to recap day three of the event. They said they are happy with how day three went, and call former President Barack Obama's speech very compelling.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder were the big national names that spoke at the breakfast.

State leaders like Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes also spoke.

Everyone who spoke talked about how they feel it's critical to get out the vote so they can get former Vice President Joe Biden elected.

Holder has worked with Biden and thinks he has the experience to be an effective president.

"I sat with him the situation room as we discussed manners of national security alongside him during some incredibly turbulent times in the country and when you spend that much time with somebody and under those circumstances you learn a lot about them. Hes exactly who he seems to be. Hes a good decent guy with a big heart and a commitment to this country and listens to good ideas and he acts in the best interest of America, Holder said.

Democrats will meet again after the convention to recap the night and the week.

A full schedule of events and more information can be found on the 2020 DNC website.

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