In Major Escalation, #Trump #DOJ [Frivolously] Sues #FultonCounty, #Georgia for 2020 Ballots
The DOJ is suing Fulton County, GA, seeking #ballots & other #election records from the #2020election.
The lawsuit, which a pro-voting group condemned as a “terrible overstep of power,” is a major escalation in the Trump admin’s dangerous effort to revive Trump’s #BigLie that the election was stolen.
#law #propaganda
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In Major Escalation, Trump DOJ Sues Fulton County, Georgia for 2020 Ballots - Democracy Docket
Attorney General Pam Bondi has demanded that officials in Fulton County, Georgia, hand over ballots and other election records from the 2020 presidential vote in an attempt to revive President Trump’s fraudulent claims that the election was stolen.Democracy Docket
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •In reality, #Trump lost the race by a significant margin & his repeated allegations of fraud have been widely debunked.
In a new lawsuit, the #DOJ is demanding “all used and void ballots, stubs of all ballots, signature envelopes, and corresponding envelope digital files from the 2020 General Election in Fulton County.”
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#law #propaganda #DOJ #FultonCounty #Georgia #2020election #BigLie
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The suit, filed Friday on US AG #Pam Bondi’s behalf by Assistant AG for “Civil Rights” Harmeet Dhillon, marks the first time the #DOJ has officially demanded actual #ballots from #state or local officials as part of its pursuit of a myriad of election #ConspiracyTheories long & repeatedly debunked.
#law #propaganda #Trump #DOJ #FultonCounty #Georgia #2020election #BigLie
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…While Dhillon’s lawsuit makes the demand for #FultonCounty #ballots official, it wasn’t the DOJ’s first attempt at securing access. In Aug, #EdMartin, head of the DOJ’s vague weaponization task force, reportedly sent a letter to a Fulton County judge demanding to “immediately access” 148k absentee ballots being stored in a ballot warehouse.
In Oct, Dhillon, again on #PamBondi’s behalf, sent the Fulton County Board of Registration & Elections a letter demanding the records.
#law #Trump #BigLie
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •In Friday’s lawsuit, Dhillon claimed that the Fulton board hadn’t complied with the letter’s demands & alleged that Ché Alexander, the clerk of courts for #FultonCounty, violated record retention requirements in the #CivilRightsAct of 1960 by not producing the documents.
#law #propaganda #Trump #DOJ #Georgia #2020election #BigLie
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The act requires #election officials to retain a large swath of documents, including #VoterRegistration & #ballots, for 22 months after any federal election. It also requires ofcls to make the documents available for “inspection, reproduction, & copying” in response to a request by the AG.
#law #propaganda #Trump #DOJ #FultonCounty #Georgia #2020election #BigLie
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •“This administration’s unending obsession with the #2020election results in #Georgia uses outright #lies to compensate for the fact that they lost,” Kristin Nabers, the state director for All Voting is Local, said in a statement. “President Trump’s bidding, the Department of Justice is attacking the very notion of #FreeElections in this country, demanding to see #ballots from #FultonCounty because their candidate didn’t win there half a decade ago.”
#law #propaganda #Trump #DOJ #BigLie
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •“With this terrible overstep of power, the #DOJ is now weaponizing laws meant to protect #voters for their political #vendetta,” Nabers added.
#law #propaganda #Trump #FultonCounty #Georgia #2020election #BigLie