Judge blocks DOJ subpoena for Fulton County election worker names
Election workers count Fulton County votes at State Farm Arena on November 4, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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A federal judge in Georgia on Tuesday blocked a Justice Department subpoena seeking the names of election workers in Fulton County for the 2020 election.
President Donald Trump has claimed for years that Georgia actually won the 2020 presidential election, focusing his claims of fraudulent votes on counting in Fulton County, whose largest city is Atlanta.
“The subpoena requests the disclosure of personal identifying information of thousands of employees and volunteers participating in 2020 Election-related activities,” Judge William Ray wrote in his order quashing the DOJ subpoena. he wrote.
“Revealing such a large amount of information could cause turnout to cool in future elections, which would certainly impact Fulton County,” Ray wrote.
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