Trump’s Justice Department sues Fulton County to force release of 2020 ballot documents

The U S Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Fulton County for refusing to turn over voter records from the voting escalating an ongoing legal campaign aimed at forcing state and local representatives to disclose sensitive voter roll information to the federal administration The lawsuit filed in a federal district court in Atlanta demanded that Fulton County turn over all used and void ballots stubs of all ballots signature envelopes and corresponding envelope digital files from the vote It also accuses Fulton County Clerk Ch Alexander of violating federal laws for refusing to relinquish the records In a message Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K Dhillon noted the records were needed to protect U S citizens from vote dilution Trump has long claimed without evidence that the ballot was stolen in Georgia and other swing states blaming his loss on unfounded accusations of rampant voting fraud even though two recounts affirmed former President Joe Biden s triumph in Georgia In an interview with POLITICO published earlier this week Trump claimed that in the next scarce months evidence would emerge to prove that was a rigged ballot Dhillon first requested Fulton County s ballot records in October following a subpoena over the same records issued by the State Balloting Board in In a letter to the Fulton County Board of Voting she argued that the records were needed to ascertain Georgia s compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of and the Help America Vote Act However Alexander denied Dhillon s request according to the lawsuit stating that the records were under seal and could not be circulated without a court order Alexander did not right away reply to a request for comment Friday Max Flugrath communications director at the voting rights organization Fair Fight commented the Justice Department is recycling conspiracy theories that ve been disproven in court in audits and by independent experts They re abusing federal power to manufacture a reason to restrict ballot access in and beyond he added The Justice Department also filed lawsuits against Colorado Hawaii Massachusetts and Nevada on Friday to compel the states to turn over their voter registration lists The Justice Department has requested voter evidence from states and filed lawsuits against states that refused to provide the records according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University which is tracking the requests Officers advised Stateline that the records will be shared with the U S Department of Homeland Shield in an effort to locate noncitizens on the voting rolls The post Trump s Justice Department sues Fulton County to force release of ballot documents appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta