Rights groups sue to keep Atlas Aegis from sending ex-soldiers to watch polls.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has launched an investigation into a Tennessee-based company that listed job postings seeking ex-soldiers to provide armed security at polling places in the state next month.
The probe, opened last week, includes a demand for information about who contracted for Atlas Aegis’ services, what the security guards’ exact roles would be, and what training they would have on the state’s voter protection laws.
Atlas Aegis, in a job advertisement that surfaced earlier this month, recruited for “security positions in Minnesota during the November Election and beyond to protect election polls, local businesses and residences from looting and destruction.” The listing noted that the jobs were exclusive to U.S. special operations forces veterans. Continue reading.