In blow to Trump DOJ, experienced anti-voting lawyer is out
Maureen Riordan, the veteran election lawyer whose appointment as Acting Chief of the Department of Justice’s voting section symbolized the department’s sharp anti-voting shift, is no longer at DOJ, the department said in a court filing Tuesday.
Riordan came to DOJ from the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a right-wing anti-voting legal group that has pushed aggressive voter purges and promoted false claims about widespread illegal voting. Still, her departure leaves the section largely in the hands of a slew of new hires with less experience and ties to even more radical anti-voting figures.
In a filing seeking New Mexico’s unredacted voter rolls, DOJ lawyers wrote that “Riordan is no longer with the Department of Justice.”
Riordan continued to be listed in official filings and complaints as recently as this month.
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