NonilexDec 12

In Major Escalation, #Trump #DOJ [Frivolously] Sues #FultonCounty, #Georgia for 2020 Ballots

The DOJ is suing Fulton County, GA, seeking #ballots & other #election records from the #2020election.

The lawsuit, which a pro-voting group condemned as a “terrible overstep of power,” is a major escalation in the Trump admin’s dangerous effort to revive Trump’s #BigLie that the election was stolen.

#law #propaganda
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-fulton-county-georgia-demands-2020-election-ballots/

In Major Escalation, Trump DOJ Sues Fulton County, Georgia for 2020 Ballots

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Show threadNonilexDec 12

In reality, #Trump lost the race by a significant margin & his repeated allegations of fraud have been widely debunked.

In a new lawsuit, the #DOJ is demanding “all used and void ballots, stubs of all ballots, signature envelopes, and corresponding envelope digital files from the 2020 General Election in Fulton County.”

https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1420721/dl

#law #propaganda #DOJ #FultonCounty #Georgia #2020election #BigLie

Show threadNonilex

The suit, filed Friday on US AG #Pam Bondi’s behalf by Assistant AG for “Civil Rights” Harmeet Dhillon, marks the first time the #DOJ has officially demanded actual #ballots from #state or local officials as part of its pursuit of a myriad of election #ConspiracyTheories long & repeatedly debunked.

#law #propaganda #Trump #DOJ #FultonCounty #Georgia #2020election #BigLie

Dec 12 at 6:35pmWeb
Show threadNonilexDec 12

…While Dhillon’s lawsuit makes the demand for #FultonCounty #ballots official, it wasn’t the DOJ’s first attempt at securing access. In Aug, #EdMartin, head of the DOJ’s vague weaponization task force, reportedly sent a letter to a Fulton County judge demanding to “immediately access” 148k absentee ballots being stored in a ballot warehouse.

In Oct, Dhillon, again on #PamBondi’s behalf, sent the Fulton County Board of Registration & Elections a letter demanding the records.

#law #Trump #BigLie

Show threadNonilexDec 12

In Friday’s lawsuit, Dhillon claimed that the Fulton board hadn’t complied with the letter’s demands & alleged that Ché Alexander, the clerk of courts for #FultonCounty, violated record retention requirements in the #CivilRightsAct of 1960 by not producing the documents.

#law #propaganda #Trump #DOJ #Georgia #2020election #BigLie

Show threadNonilexDec 12

The act requires #election officials to retain a large swath of documents, including #VoterRegistration & #ballots, for 22 months after any federal election. It also requires ofcls to make the documents available for “inspection, reproduction, & copying” in response to a request by the AG.

#law #propaganda #Trump #DOJ #FultonCounty #Georgia #2020election #BigLie

Show threadNonilexDec 12

“This administration’s unending obsession with the #2020election results in #Georgia uses outright #lies to compensate for the fact that they lost,” Kristin Nabers, the state director for All Voting is Local, said in a statement. “President Trump’s bidding, the Department of Justice is attacking the very notion of #FreeElections in this country, demanding to see #ballots from #FultonCounty because their candidate didn’t win there half a decade ago.”

#law #propaganda #Trump #DOJ #BigLie

Show threadNonilexDec 12

“With this terrible overstep of power, the #DOJ is now weaponizing laws meant to protect #voters for their political #vendetta,” Nabers added.

#law #propaganda #Trump #FultonCounty #Georgia #2020election #BigLie

Show threadnotthatkindofdoctorDec 12
@Nonilex
Election was held November 3, 2020. 22 months after that passed on September 3, 2022. It is currently 2025. They better find a judge who isn't concerned with math or the passage of time if they want this to go anywhere.
Show threadFreedom2BDec 12

@Nonilex

That's a no from me.

Show threadJoe ❌👑Dec 12
@Nonilex If they get the actual ballots, and know who voted for Biden and who voted for Trump, they will then be able to target the Biden voters for harassment and voter suppression. Courts should treat the DoJ in this case as representatives of the sore loser in the election, not as the neutral federal government.