DOJ Subpoena Blocked

A federal judge rejected the Justice Department's bid for Georgia election workers' names.

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4 of 13 articles on this topic (31%) were written by right-leaning sources.

'Staggering' DOJ demand hits major snag thanks to Trump's own appointee

Judge's ruling in Georgia election case is latest setback for Trump DOJ

Judge rejects DOJ’s bid to subpoena names of Fulton County election workers

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U.S. District Judge William Ray II on July 7 quashed a Justice Department grand jury subpoena seeking the names and personal contact information of people who worked on Fulton County, Georgia’s 2020 election. The subpoena, obtained in April, covered county employees, volunteer poll workers and others involved in ballot review and counting. Ray said the request’s breadth was “staggering” and unreasonable. The ruling blocks prosecutors from obtaining the worker list as part of a federal inquiry into how the Atlanta-area county administered the election.

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Trump Legal Setback

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Trump’s Justice Department suffered another defeat in its effort to revisit the 2020 election in Georgia. Even a Trump-appointed judge rejected the move, showing the legal push is weak and overreaching.