Fulton County Election Officials Ask Judge to Block DOJ Subpoena for 2020 Poll Worker Data

Election officials in Fulton County, Georgia, asked a federal judge to reject a U.S. Department of Justice effort to obtain identifying details for people who worked on the 2020 election in the county.

The Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections filed a 27-page motion on Monday asking the Georgia federal court to quash a grand jury subpoena issued by the DOJ.

The motion described the subpoena as "an unprecedented and harassing grand jury subpoena" and the DOJ's "latest effort to target and harass the President’s perceived political enemies — this time election officials, poll workers, and volunteers in Fulton County whom Donald Trump continues to disparage as he perpetuates his false claim that they 'stole' the 2020 election."

According to the FBRE motion, the subpoena requests that the board send information for thousands of poll workers and county employees to an out-of-district U.S. attorney and an FBI agent. It argues the probe should be quashed because it cannot result in criminal prosecution, among other things, since the statutes of limitations have expired for any purported 2020 crimes.

Trump lost Georgia by 11,779 votes in 2020. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger then ordered a hand recount announced on November 18, 2020, which confirmed Joe Biden's victory by that margin.

The subpoena is the latest from the Trump administration in an effort to investigate alleged voter fraud in Georgia.

In January, the DOJ filed a lawsuit against Raffensperger to compel production of an unredacted statewide voter registration database.

Five days later, FBI agents searched the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center as part of a 2020 election probe.

The FBI also filed search warrants in February that revealed an investigation into missing ballots and chain-of-custody problems in Georgia's largest county.

The FBRE motion claims Trump's efforts amount to "arbitrary fishing expeditions."

Trump officials defend the actions as necessary to ensure election integrity.

"Interference in U.S. elections is a threat to our republic and a national security threat," Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said in a February letter to Congress.