Judge blocks DOJ subpoena for Fulton County election workers

A federal judge in Georgia on Tuesday blocked a Justice Department subpoena seeking the names of poll workers in Fulton County for the 2020 election.

President Donald Trump has for years falsely claimed that he actually won Georgia’s 2020 presidential election and has focused his allegations of ballot fraud on the count in Fulton County, whose largest city is Atlanta.

“The subpoena requests the disclosure of personal identifying information of thousands of employees and volunteers who participated in activities related to the 2020 election,” Judge William Ray wrote in his order quashing the DOJ subpoena.

“This extensive disclosure of information risks reducing participation in future elections, which will certainly impact Fulton County,” Ray wrote.

The Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections had sought to block the subpoena, arguing that it was intended to “target, harass, and punish” Trump’s alleged political opponents.

Trump was previously prosecuted by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office for crimes related to trying to overturn his loss to former President Joe Biden in the 2020 election in Georgia. That case was dismissed in 2025 after DA Fani Willis was declared unqualified to handle it.

Wray wrote that the “breadth of grand jury subpoenas” received by the DOJ to investigate the 2020 election is staggering.

“So, is there anything wrong with the DOJ using a grand jury to subpoena these records from Fulton County? In this Court’s view, yes,” Wray wrote.

“These records, even if they help the DOJ find individuals who worked for Fulton County on the 2020 election, support the theory that the 2020 election was not fair, will not provide information that can be used to charge anyone with anything, at least not any viable charges.”

He said the statute of limitations for any potential crimes related to the 2020 election “has long since expired.”

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