Justice department can keep 2020 ballots FBI seized from Fulton county, judge rules
Summary
A judge has allowed the federal government to keep 2020 election ballots seized by the FBI from Fulton County, Georgia. The county had asked for the return of the ballots, arguing the seizure was improper, but the judge ruled that the county did not prove its rights were violated.Key Facts
- The FBI seized 2020 election ballots and materials from a Fulton County warehouse near Atlanta on January 28.
- Fulton County, Georgia, is the state’s most populous county and includes most of Atlanta.
- The county asked for the ballots to be returned, claiming the seizure was unconstitutional.
- The Justice Department is investigating possible election irregularities and violations of laws about keeping records and preventing false ballots.
- All official counts in Fulton County confirmed Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
- The judge wrote that the seizure was not perfect but found no evidence that the county’s rights were ignored.
- Fulton County failed to show it needs the documents back urgently or would suffer serious harm without them.
- The Justice Department has provided Fulton County with copies of the seized documents.
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