DOJ sends subpoena to Georgia officials for personal information about 2020 election workers
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- The Justice Department has issued a subpoena seeking the names and contact information of election workers in Fulton County, Georgia, who participated in the 2020 presidential election, as part of an expanded investigation into the election.
- The Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections has moved to quash the subpoena, calling it an unprecedented and harassing attempt to intimidate election workers and alleging it is politically motivated by former President Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election.
- Fulton County officials argue the subpoena violates election workers' First Amendment rights, is overly broad, unlikely to yield prosecutable evidence due to statutes of limitations, and interferes with Georgia's authority to manage elections.
- The subpoena follows ongoing controversies in Georgia related to the 2020 election, including Trump's attempts to overturn the results and a dropped election interference case against him centered in Fulton County.
