President Donald Trump has suggested at least twice that the federal government “run” elections in 15 states. What could such an effort to end local control of elections look like in Georgia?
On Saturday, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff rallied hundreds of voters in Atlanta. Ossoff energized the crowd by hitting back against a recent FBI search and seizure of 2020 ballots in a Fulton County elections warehouse.
Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Ga., was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the federal government’s ongoing investigations.
New body camera footage obtained by GPB through an open records request offers a first-hand look at the FBI’s search of the Fulton County election office. The Jan. 28 event is part of an ongoing federal operation into the 2020 election cycle in Georgia.
Fulton County has filed a motion in federal court to retrieve documents from the 2020 election the FBI seized last week from a warehouse near Atlanta. The motion filed Wednesday also requests the unsealing of a law enforcement agent's sworn statement.
Fulton County prosecutors will not move ahead with felony charges against an environmental advocate Patty Durand who took a Georgia Power notebook of what it called trade secrets during a regulatory hearing last year.
President Donald Trump is seeking over $6.2 million in attorney fees from the Fulton County District Attorney's office. This stems from an election interference case against him that was dismissed.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is set to testify on Dec. 17 before a special Georgia Senate committee. The committee is examining her prosecution of Donald Trump over efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia.