Judge Rejects DOJ Access to Names of 2020 Fulton County Election Workers

Did the judge protect election workers from harassment or bury accountability for the 2020 election?
Judge Rejects DOJ Access to Names of 2020 Fulton County Election Workers
Above: Voters in Atlanta, Georgia on June 16. Image credit: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images

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Democratic narrative

The administration was obviously engaging in a blatant attempt to harass and intimidate public servants who did nothing wrong. Judge Ray was right to quash the subpoena because the request was staggeringly overbroad and untethered to any legitimate legal need. Protecting election workers from politically motivated targeting is how democracy stays intact.

Republican narrative

Judge Ray just buried any chance of real 2020 election accountability by blocking the DOJ from even learning who handled Fulton County ballots. The statute of limitations has expired, and now the identities of those workers are shielded forever. Democrats ran the clock out on purpose in order to make sure the truth about 2020 stays hidden.


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