Judge quashes subpoena of election workers’ personal information

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Justice Department’s subpoena of Fulton County, Georgia, election workers’ personal information puts an undue burden on the county and raises questions about the department’s use of the grand jury process, a federal judge said Tuesday.

The Justice Department asked for residential addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of Fulton County poll workers who worked the 2020 election. The county filed a motion to quash the subpoena, saying it was the latest effort by President Donald Trump to “target and harass” his “perceived political enemies” in court filings.

Trump has said repeatedly that the election was “stolen” and that he won Georgia’s electoral college votes in 2020. Former President Joe Biden defeated Trump 306-232 in the Electoral College. Georgia contributed 16 electoral votes to the Democrats’ win, not enough by itself to reverse the 74 votes needed to overcome Biden.

Recounts confirmed the election results.

U.S. District Judge Willia...