{"id":64398,"date":"2026-07-08T09:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64398"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:44:23","slug":"n-d-ga-2020-election-materials-gj-subpoena-quashed-as-burdensome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64398","title":{"rendered":"N.D.Ga.: 2020 election materials GJ subpoena quashed as burdensome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The grand jury subpoena for identifying details and contact information of every person who worked on the Fulton County 2020 general election is quashed. It\u2019s apparent this is for an improper purpose, it\u2019s way overbroad and intrusive (see F.R.Crim.P. 17 where subpoenas can be quashed if unreasonable and oppressive), and the five-year statute of limitations clearly has run, at the earliest, election certification day 2020. The government\u2019s need for the information is low because it can\u2019t extend the statute of limitations. The subpoena puts a high burden on the County, and it will deter people from every wanting to work elections in the future. <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.gand.359862\/gov.uscourts.gand.359862.37.0_3.pdf\">Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections v. United States<\/a>, 1:26-cv-02777-WMR (N.D. Ga. July 7, 2026):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>For reasons explained hereinbelow, the Court agrees with Fulton County that, in pursuing the Subpoena, the DOJ is engaged in an \u201carbitrary fishing expedition,\u201d such that the Subpoena is unreasonable and must be quashed. Trump v. Vance, 591 U.S. 786, 805 (2020) (quoting R. Enters., Inc., 498 U.S. at 299); see also Ealy v. Littlejohn, 569 F.2d 219, 227 (5th Cir. 1978) (stating that \u201c[w]hen the grand jury goes on a fishing expedition in forbidden waters, the courts are not powerless to act.\u201d).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The grand jury subpoena for identifying details and contact information of every person who worked on the Fulton County 2020 general election is quashed. It\u2019s apparent this is for an improper purpose, it\u2019s way overbroad and intrusive (see F.R.Crim.P. 17 &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64398\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-subpoenas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64415,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64398\/revisions\/64415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}