Judge rejects Justice Department attempt to get names of 2020 election workers in Fulton County

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Source: Associated Press

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Judge rejects Justice Department attempt to get names of 2020 election workers in Fulton County

BY KATE BRUMBACK
Updated 3:48 PM EDT, July 7, 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice cannot have the names and personal contact information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

The Justice Department in April obtained a grand jury subpoena seeking the names and personal contact information of county employees and volunteer poll workers. President Donald Trump has long claimed without evidence that widespread voter fraud in Georgia’s most populous county, a Democratic stronghold, cost him victory in the state in 2020.

Fulton County asked a judge to quash the subpoena, arguing it was meant to “target, harass and punish the President’s perceived political opponents” and that it was “grossly over broad and untethered to any reasonable need.”

“Given the low need for the subpoenaed information and the highly burdensome nature of the disclosure of the same, the Subpoena is unreasonable and must be quashed,” U.S. District Judge William Ray wrote in his ruling, calling the scope of the request “staggering.”

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/07/judge-doj-cant-get-names-of-ga-election-workers/

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1. Judge blocks DOJ effort to obtain info on 2020 election workers in Georgia

A Justice Department subpoena seeking the names, addresses and contact information for hundreds of election workers and volunteers in Georgia was quashed.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/07/trump-has-baselessly-asserted-he-lost-state-biden-2020-due-fraud

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a Justice Department demand for the names, addresses and contact information for hundreds of 2020 election workers and volunteers in Georgia’s most populous county.

The Justice Department’s subpoena, served on Fulton County in April, is part of DOJ’s broad investigation of President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss in the state. But U.S. District Judge William M. Ray II called the breadth of the department’s request “staggering” and concluded that it served no valid investigative purpose.

Trump has repeatedly made false assertions that his 2020 loss to Joe Biden in Georgia and other key states that year was a result of fraud. But the judge said the standard five-year statute of limitations on almost any crime the department might wish to charge expired last year.

Ray, a Trump appointee, credited arguments by the county’s lawyers who maintained that the subpoena served no purpose other than to harass election workers ahead of this year’s midterm vote and to fan baseless speculation about the 2020 campaign.

“Everyone, whether you support the President or you do not, or whether you believe the 2020 Election was fair or believe that it was not, should be concerned about the DOJ’s ability to utilize the power of the Grand Jury to appropriate your private information without a legitimate purpose,” Ray wrote.

I also think that the seizure of the 2020 voting records was bogus. trump cannot deal with the fact that he lost the 2020 election