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Lawyers in Fulton County, Georgia, are preparing to file a lawsuit over the FBI’s recent search of an election hub and its seizure of records linked to the 2020 election.
Fulton County Commissioner Marvin S. Arrington, Jr. on Monday announced the county’s intent to challenge the search in court.
Arrington said the county will file a motion in the Northern District of Georgia challenging “the legality of the warrant and the seizure of sensitive election records, and force the government to return the ballots taken.”
“I’ve asked the county attorney to take any and all steps available to fight this criminal search warrant,” Arrington said in a statement, according to several reports. “The search warrant, I believe, is not proper, but I think that there are ways that we can limit it. We want to ask for forensic accounting, we want the documents to stay in the State of Georgia under seal, and we want to do whatever we can to protect voter information.”
FBI AGENTS SEARCH ELECTION HUB IN FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA
Ballots arrive at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center on election night on Nov. 5, 2024 in Fairburn, Ga. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)
The announcement comes after FBI agents executed a warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City, Ga., on Jan. 28. The center was opened by state officials in 2023 and was designed to streamline the election process. The search warrant for the center, which was reviewed by Fox News, allowed the seizure of records, voting rolls and other data tied to the 2020 election.
Fulton County is the most populous county in Georgia and includes the capital city of Atlanta. The county was at the center of voter fraud complaints in the wake of the 2020 election, which President Donald Trump lost. The claims did not survive court scrutiny.
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