司法部周五对乔治亚州富尔顿县提起诉讼,试图从美国司法部获取记录2020选举这似乎是特朗普政府调查总统竞选失败的最新举措。
DOJ民事部门表示,司法部正在寻求2020年大选的文件,包括选票存根和签名信封。
佐治亚州检察官放弃针对特朗普和其他人的选举干预案
根据诉讼,司法部长帕姆·邦迪正在调查富尔顿县“是否符合联邦选举法。”
该诉讼称,司法部官员在11月份给富尔顿县书记官发了一封信,寻求这些记录,但没有得到答复。
唐纳德·特朗普总统继续错误地声称他赢得了2020年的选举,包括他输给乔·拜登的佐治亚州。特朗普和其他18人被起诉在富尔顿县涉嫌试图推翻选举结果。
特朗普不认罪,对所有被告的指控都成立上个月被解雇.
被美国广播公司新闻要求置评时,富尔顿县书记员办公室在一份声明中说:“高等法院和地方法院书记员办公室无权对未决诉讼发表评论。”
Justice Department sues Fulton County for 2020 election records
The Department of Justice on Friday filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, in an attempt to obtain records from the2020 election, in what appears to be the latest move from the Trump administration to investigate the election the president lost.
The Justice Department is seeking documents including ballot stubs and signature envelopes from the 2020 general election, the lawsuit from the DOJ's civil department states.
Georgia prosecutor drops election interference case against Trump, others
According to the lawsuit, Attorney General Pam Bondi is investigating Fulton County's "compliance with federal election law."
Justice Department officials sent a letter to the Fulton County clerk in November seeking the records, which went unanswered, the suit claims.
President Donald Trump has continued to falsely claim he won the 2020 election, including the state of Georgia, which he lost to Joe Biden. Trump and 18 otherswere indictedin Fulton County over alleged efforts to overturn the election results.
Trump pleaded not guilty and the charges against all defendants weredismissed last month.
Asked by ABC News for comment, the Fulton County clerk's office said in a statement: "The Office of the Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts is not at liberty to comment on pending litigation."





