#FBI agents arrived at the #elections hub just south of #Atlanta with a search warrant seeking documents related to the #2020election in #FultonCounty, #Georgia including: all ballots, tabulator tapes from the scanners that tally the votes, electronic ballot images created when the ballots were counted & then recounted, & all voter rolls. The county has filed a motion seeking the return of the seized materials.

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They also want the judge to order that the #FederalGovernment disclose an inventory of all documents & records seized, the identity of anyone who has accessed the records outside of those involved in the criminal investigation, any copying of the records & all efforts to secure the information.

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The motion filed late Sunday asks the judge to “order reasonable limits on the government’s use of the seized data” & to prohibit the government from using the data for purposes other than the criminal investigation cited in the search warrant affidavit. That includes prohibiting any efforts to use it for voter roll maintenance, election administration or #immigration enforcement.

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The #FBI had searched a warehouse near #Atlanta where those records were stored, a move taken after Trump’s persistent demands for retribution over claims, without evidence, that fraud cost him victory in #Georgia. Trump’s election comment came in an interview Monday with a conservative podcaster & #Trump reaffirmed his position in Oval Office remarks the next day, citing BS fraud allegations that numerous audits, investigations & courts have debunked.

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