The top federal prosecutor in Harrisburg announced Friday that his office has closed an investigation into nine discarded ballots found in the northeastern part of the state that President Trump had touted to support his unfounded claims of election rigging, saying in a statement that the probe had found “insufficient evidence to prove criminal intent on the part of the person who discarded the ballots,” the Washington Post reports.
Justice Department Ends Pennsylvania Election Probe
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