Federal prosecutors are seeking to contact Fulton County, Georgia poll workers and ballot counters as part of an investigation tied to claims that the 2020 election was rigged. The Justice Department is pursuing thousands of names and addresses, and is also seeking emails and phone numbers. The DOJ presented its request to a federal judge and is awaiting approval to proceed. A six-year gap is cited as making a full review of the election process difficult, while the DOJ argues it only needs to knock on doors and potentially interview workers. The judge is weighing whether the request is overly broad. Earlier in the year, FBI agents raided a Fulton County election office and seized 650 boxes of ballots during a fraud investigation.
"The president has made those claims without evidence on Wednesday morning. He then threw it to CNN crime reporter Katelyn Polantz for more details. Trump really does want to continue to say the 2020 election was rigged, and now the Justice Department, they're going after thousands of names and addresses of these 2020 election workers, Polantz reported. A CNN graphic then showed the DOJ is looking for emails and phones numbers as well."
"Polantz said the DOJ made its case to a federal judge last week and is now waiting to hear back on whether it can proceed. Polantz said that the six-year gap is already too long for the DOJ to go back and review the county's election process, technically, but that the DOJ is saying it simply wants to go out, knock on doors, potentially interview these ballot workers and poll workers. The judge is debating whether this is a fishing expedition and too broad of a request, she added."
"Her report comes after FBI agents raided a Fulton County election office earlier this year and seized ballots from the 2020 election. The agents left the office with 650 boxes of ballots. The raid was part of an investigation into 2020 election fraud, following Trump's repeated claims the 2020 election which he lost to Joe Biden was stolen. A federal judge sided with the DOJ earlier this month after officials from Fulton County which includes Atlanta called for the ballot boxes to be returned."
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