US EditionLegal fight escalates over Georgia voting records as Trump says he wants to ‘take over’ elections
Fulton County seeks return of hundreds of boxes of 2020 election ballots and documents seized by the FBI, citing a lack of transparency and concerns over federal overreach.
- On Wednesday, Fulton County asked a federal court to order the FBI to return ballots and documents seized last week, and to unseal the sworn affidavit, saying officials were not told why the materials were taken.
- After weeks of pressure tied to 2020 claims, federal agents searched a warehouse near Atlanta following President Donald Trump’s focus on Fulton County, with Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, present amid Democratic questions.
- The warrant cover sheet listed ballots, tabulator tapes, electronic ballot images, and voter rolls, while agents removed hundreds of boxes of ballots and documents during execution.
- County leaders say the filing escalates the dispute ahead of the midterms as Fulton County officials intensify tensions, prompting Democratic state election officials to prepare for multiple scenarios while the U.S. Department of Justice declines comment.
- Secretaries of state have warned about a federal voter database, and Sen. Mark Warner said the idea of intervention ‘scares the heck out of me,’ on Tuesday.
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Fulton County officials file lawsuit seeking return of 2020 ballots taken during FBI raid
Fulton County has filed a lawsuit seeking the return of the roughly 700 boxes of election records seized during last week's raid and for an affidavit the feds filed in support of the FBI’s search warrant to be unsealed. Jill Nolin/Georgia RecorderFulton County has filed a lawsuit challenging last week’s FBI raid on an elections warehouse, County Commission Chair Robb Pitts announced Wednesday. The lawsuit, which Pitts said was filed in federal d…
Trump’s 2020 Election Obsession Enters New Phase
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The Billings Gazette
Georgia county seeks return of seized ballots
ATLANTA — Officials in Georgia's Fulton County said Wednesday they asked a federal court to order the FBI to return ballots and other documents from the 2020 election seized last week, as President Donald Trump says he wants to "take…
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