FBI agents are pictured at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga, not far from Atlanta.Mike Stewart/AP
Last month, the Justice Department sought the names and contact details for each election employee in Fulton County, Georgia, who participated in the 2020 election, as shown in court documents made public this week.
The Fulton County Board of Registrations and Elections is currently requesting that an Atlanta federal court nullify the grand jury subpoena from federal law enforcement, which called for the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses for every staff member involved in the 2020 election.
"Its intention is to single out, bother, and penalize the President's supposed political adversaries; it is excessively broad and disconnected from any logical necessity; it cannot produce any evidence that could lead to a criminal trial," lawyers representing Fulton County officials stated in the motion submitted Monday to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
The Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center one day after the Federal Bureau of Investigation served a search warrant regarding the 2020 election in Union City, Georgia, January 29, 2026.Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters
The subpoena gives the impression of heightening the Trump administration’s strain on Fulton County in the midst of a continuing federal probe into alleged irregularities in the 2020 election.
Partially prompted by Trump supporters who unsuccessfully attempted to employ refuted concepts to reverse the election result, federal agents in January impounded all the ballots and documentation from the 2020 election.
For several months, Fulton County officers have entreated a federal judge to mandate the return of the records, although that judge has not yet rendered a decision.
FBI agents are pictured at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga, not far from Atlanta.Mike Stewart/AP
DOJ lawyers have maintained that the search was predicated on indications of conceivable wrongdoing and accused Fulton County officials of speculating about "a certain sort of elaborate scheme."
In the motion submitted on Monday, attorneys acting for Fulton County referred to the recent subpoena as the "newest endeavor to target and bother the President's assumed political adversaries." They contend that the time limit for any claimed offense has passed and that the inquiry is without a justifiable foundation.
"Grand juries do not exist to undertake sweeping investigations unrelated to a prosecutable criminal case," the motion expressed.
Robb Pitts, the head of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, characterized the subpoena as an "egregious federal overreach intended to daunt and to discourage involvement in elections" in an announcement.
The DOJ did not promptly acknowledge ABC News' request for a statement.
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