DOJ fires back at Dem AG over Election Day guidance telling officials when to call cops on federal agents

What happened: The Justice Department criticized Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones' Oct. 15 Election Day guidance, which advises local election officials to call police when federal agents approach polling places and to document their activities. Key numbers: The guidance is a 10-page directive issued Why it matters: A DOJ spokesperson called the guidance "bluster and political posturing" and said monitors will do the same routine monitoring done for decades. Critics, including Del. Wren Williams and former sheriff Danny Diggs, said the plan puts election-security priorities backward.

The Justice Department criticized Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones' Oct. 15 Election Day guidance, which advises local election officials to call police when federal agents approach polling places and to document their activities.

A DOJ spokesperson called the guidance "bluster and political posturing" and said monitors will do the same routine monitoring done for decades. Critics, including Del. Wren Williams and former sheriff Danny Diggs, said the plan puts election-security priorities backward.