Fulton County argues FBI affidavit violated 4th Amendment

Attorneys for Fulton County, Georgia, argued in federal court Friday that an FBI agent who filed an affidavit in support of a search warrant of the county clerk’s office for 2020 election ballots omitted information about the election and how it was conducted in the county.

Last month, the FBI executed a search warrant at a Fulton County elections office, seeking to take “all physical ballots” from the 2020 vote, as well as tapes from vote-tabulating machines, ballot images and voter rolls.

The affidavit, written by an FBI agent and unsealed in February, detailed the legal basis for the search, and also said the FBI investigation was initiated after it received a referral from an attorney who worked to overturn the election results in 2020…

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