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法官驳回富尔顿县要求收回联邦调查局1月扣押的600多箱选举记录的申请
作者：阿什利·奥利弗 福克斯新闻
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莱维特就媒体对富尔顿县事件的愤怒发声 此前多年该媒体曾炒作俄罗斯干预选举言论
白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特回击了质疑联邦调查局扣押佐治亚州富尔顿县2020年选举相关选票和其他文件的媒体机构。
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周三，一名联邦法官在佐治亚州富尔顿县2020年选票及选举材料纠纷中支持政府一方后，美国司法部在社交媒体上抨击了其认为带有偏见的记者。
“又错了，麦克法兰，”司法部通讯账号在X平台的帖子中写道，矛头直指一名曾猜测司法部的论点无法说服法官的MeidasTouch记者。
J·P·布利法官在一份68页的判决书中裁定，富尔顿县未能证明联邦调查局扣押600多箱选举记录的行为侵犯了其权利。布利是特朗普任命的法官，他驳回了县官员要求归还这些箱子的请求，为特朗普政府调查2020年选举的 broader 斗争赢得了胜利，并促使司法部在网上嘲讽持怀疑态度的媒体。
“为你的损失感到遗憾，安娜，”司法部社交媒体账号在另一条关于Lawfare编辑的帖子中写道。
FBI特工搜查佐治亚州富尔顿县选举中心
2026年1月28日，联邦调查局特工在佐治亚州联合城靠近亚特兰大的富尔顿县选举中心和行动中心出现。（迈克·斯图尔特/美联社 摄）
布利的判决标志着司法部在全国范围内调查包括亚利桑那州和密歇根州在内的关键战场州过往选举的努力取得胜利。此前特朗普一直声称2020年选举存在大规模舞弊，并在中期选举前积极推动更严格的选举安全措施。
联邦调查局在获得法院批准的搜查令后，从富尔顿县选举中心和行动中心扣押了包括2020年选票在内的箱子。一份未公开的宣誓书显示，该局正在调查佐治亚州的选票违规和记录保存失败指控。特朗普以微弱劣势输给总统乔·拜登的佐治亚州，成为2020年大选后特朗普选举欺诈指控的核心阵地。
FBI传票索要亚利桑那州2020年投票文件 联邦政府扩大选举管理调查范围
2024年11月5日选举之夜，选票运抵佐治亚州费尔伯恩的富尔顿县选举中心和行动中心。（梅根·瓦尔纳/盖蒂图片社 摄）
民主党人广泛批评此次调查，包括佐治亚州民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫，他在得知调查后称这是“输不起之人的十字军东征”的延续。
此次诉讼中被列为被告的富尔顿县委员会主席罗布·皮茨此前称此次调查是“又一次令人发指的联邦越权行为，旨在恐吓和压制选举参与……我将永远站在我们的选举工作人员和真相一边。”
NAACP要求法官限制联邦政府使用联邦调查局扣押的佐治亚州选民数据
皮茨和其他富尔顿县官员辩称，扣押箱子的行为非法，政府对该县的宪法权利“漠不关心”。但布利驳回了这些主张，同时承认未公开的宣誓书存在缺陷，包含“令人不安”的表述。
左图：2024年11月4日，车辆经过佐治亚州联合城的富尔顿县选举中心和行动中心标识。右图：2026年5月1日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在佛罗里达州塞米诺尔县的乡村特许学校发表讲话。（伊利亚·努瓦拉格/法新社通过盖蒂图片社；罗伯托·施密特/盖蒂图片社 摄）
“虽然这份宣誓书当然远非完美，但这种情况并非警察遗漏所有可能削弱合理依据的事实，也并非警察故意撒谎，”布利写道，并补充道，他“不能说这份宣誓书存在如此严重的缺陷，以至于其不足之处达到了‘高度’的漠不关心标准。”
布利在判决中指出，调查仍处于早期阶段，并强调联邦当局获得了有宣誓书支持的有效搜查令。宣誓书概述了与缺失的选票图像、不一致的重新计票结果和保管链问题等潜在问题相关的指控。
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针对布利的裁决，皮茨在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中表示，他同意法官关于宣誓书“存在缺陷”和“有问题”的评估。
“但我强烈不同意法官驳回富尔顿县要求联邦调查局归还其1月28日错误扣押的选举记录的请求，”皮茨说，并补充道，县官员将“一如既往地继续支持我们的选举工作人员和富尔顿县的选民。我们打算积极采取所有可用的法律手段。”
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DOJ taunts media after Trump scores win in battleground-state ballot fight
2026-05-07T13:43:53-04:00 / Fox News
Judge denied Fulton County’s bid to reclaim more than 600 boxes of election records seized by the FBI in January
By Ashley Oliver Fox News
Published May 7, 2026 1:43pm EDT
Leavitt calls out media’s Fulton County outrage after years of pushing Russia interference claims
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt hit back at media outlets questioning the FBI seizing ballots and other documents related to the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia.
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The Department of Justice took aim at reporters it viewed as biased on social media on Wednesday after a federal judge sided with the government in a dispute over 2020 ballots and election materials it seized in Fulton County, Georgia, in January.
“Wrong again, MacFarlane,” a DOJ communications account wrote in an X post, targeting a MeidasTouch journalist who had speculated the department’s arguments would fail to persuade the judge.
Judge J.P. Boulee had found in a 68-page order that Fulton County did not prove its rights were violated when the FBI seized more than 600 boxes of election records. Boulee, a Trump appointee, denied county officials’ request that the boxes be returned, handing the Trump administration a win in its broader fight to investigate the 2020 election and prompting DOJ to taunt media skeptics online.
“Sorry for your loss, Anna,” the DOJ social media account wrote in a separate post about a Lawfare editor.
FBI AGENTS SEARCH ELECTION HUB IN FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA
FBI agents are seen at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City, Ga., near Atlanta, on Jan. 28, 2026.(Mike Stewart/AP)
Boulee’s decision marked a win for the DOJ in its nationwide effort to investigate past elections in key battlegrounds that also include Arizona and Michigan, as Trump maintains that the 2020 election was tainted by widespread fraud and aggressively pushes for tighter election security measures ahead of the midterms.
The FBI had seized the boxes, which included 2020 ballots, from the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after obtaining a court-approved search warrant. An underlying affidavit revealed the bureau was probing allegations of ballot irregularities and record-keeping failures in Georgia, a state Trump lost by a razor-thin margin to President Joe Biden that became ground zero for Trump’s election fraud claims in the aftermath of 2020.
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Ballots arrive at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center on election night on Nov. 5, 2024, in Fairburn, Ga.(Megan Varner/Getty Images)
Democrats have widely criticized the investigation, including Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., who called it a continuation of a “sore loser’s crusade” upon learning of the probe.
Fulton County Board of Commissioners chairman Robb Pitts, who is named in the litigation over the box seizure, previously called the investigation “yet another act of outrageous federal overreach designed to intimidate and to chill participation in elections…. I will always stand up for our elections workers and for the truth.”
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Pitts and other Fulton County officials had argued the box seizures were unlawful and that the government showed “callous disregard” for the county’s constitutional rights. But Boulee rejected those claims while still acknowledging that the underlying affidavit was flawed and contained “troubling” statements.
Left: Vehicles pass by the sign for the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operations Center on Nov. 4, 2024, in Union City, Georgia. Right: President Donald Trump speaks at The Villages Charter School on May 1, 2026, in The Villages, Florida.(Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images; Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
“While the Affidavit was certainly far from perfect, this is not a situation where an officer left out all the facts that might undermine probable cause or where an officer intentionally lied,” Boulee wrote, adding that he “cannot say that the Affidavit was so deficient that its shortcomings rise to the ‘high[] threshold’ of callous disregard.”
Boulee relied in his decision on the fact that the investigation was still in an early phase and emphasized that federal authorities had obtained a valid warrant supported by an affidavit. The affidavit outlined allegations related to missing ballot images, inconsistent recount totals and chain-of-custody problems, among other potential issues.
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In response to Boulee’s order, Pitts said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital that he agreed with the judge’s assessment that the affidavit was “defective” and “problematic.”
“But I strongly disagree with the judge’s denial of Fulton County’s request for the FBI to return the election records it wrongly seized on January 28,” Pitts said, adding that county officials would “continue, as always, to stand by our election workers and the voters of Fulton County. We intend to vigorously pursue all available legal options.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Lawfare and MeidasTouch for comment.
Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.
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