DOJ's election 'freakout' pinned to trend spooking Trump: legal expert

A veteran Trump adversary heading into federal court to fight the administration's latest election push thinks he knows what's really rattling the president.Norm Eisen, co-founder of Democracy Defenders Fund and a former House Judiciary Committee special counsel during Trump's first impeachment, wrote in The Contrarian on Saturday that record early turnout may explain what he called the Justice Department's election "freakout" in courts."What is causing this freakout in the courts? Perhaps it's early-voting numbers," Eisen asked.By Saturday morning, he noted, more than 25 million Americans had already cast ballots, breaking records nationwide. Early voting in Texas is running 74 percent ahead of 2022, while Kansas has more than doubled its pace, and Eisen said figures from key states point to strong Democratic enthusiasm.Eisen, who is heading to federal court in California next week, is helping fight a DOJ lawsuit filed after the state refused a demand that Los Angeles County...