Court unseals more records in Fulton County suit over FBI's seizure of 2020 election documents
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A federal court in Georgia unsealed key records related to the FBI's seizure of 2020 election materials from Fulton County last month, following an emergency lawsuit filed by the county last week that seeks to regain control of thousands of files.
A federal court in Georgia unsealed key records related to the FBI's seizure of 2020 election materials from Fulton County last month, following an emergency lawsuit filed by the county last week that seeks to regain control of thousands of files.
On Jan. 29, the FBI executed a search warrant at a Fulton County elections office, seeking to take ballots as part of an ongoing investigation into the 2020 presidential election.
Last week, Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts and the county's Board of Registration and Elections sued to compel the return of over 650 boxes containing the 2020 election-related materials, but the case and related filings were initially sealed.
On Saturday, U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee ordered the court documents in the case to be unsealed by close of business Tuesday, including the county's motions to return the documents and to unseal the full law enforcement affidavit that served as the legal basis for the raid. That affidavit has not yet been unsealed.
The county asked for the "return of all original seized materials" and asked Boulee for an order instructing the government "to maintain, but not review, any copies of the seized materials until this matter is resolved."
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