Democracy Docket reports:

Idaho’s Republican attorney general’s office accused President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice of potentially violating state ethics rules by threatening the state’s top election official with a criminal prosecution while suing him for the state’s voter rolls.

In a sharply worded letter sent Friday, the office of Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador told DOJ Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon to stop contacting Secretary of State Phil McGrane (R) directly and urged the department to dismiss its lawsuit seeking Idaho’s unredacted statewide voter registration list.

“First, you can stop threatening your friends in Idaho,” James Craig, a division chief in Labrador’s office, wrote. “Second, you can voluntarily dismiss your lawsuit against Secretary McGrane. As Secretary McGrane repeatedly made clear, he has taken significant steps to ensure that Idaho’s voter registration list only includes eligible U.S. citizens, and he has previously provided you with a copy of the public version of the voter registration list.” [Continue reading…]