Trump DOJ must reveal details on Fulton County ballot seizure, judge orders

A federal judge Thursday ordered the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to turn over key details behind its seizure of 2020 election records in Fulton County, Georgia — rejecting the government’s effort to keep that information secret.

U.S. District Judge Jean-Paul Boulee issued an order requiring DOJ to disclose basic factual information about the origins of its criminal investigation — including when it began and when officials took key steps toward obtaining a search warrant.

The case stems from an unprecedented federal raid on a local election office years after the 2020 election, part of a broader push by the Trump DOJ to investigate alleged irregularities driven by election denial conspiracies.

Specifically, the department must provide a timeline of when a referral by election denier Kurt Olsen, a White House adviser, was made to the FBI, when the FBI opened its investigation, and when DOJ began drafting the affidavit used to secure the warrant.



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