DOJ Refuses Timeline in Fulton Ballot Seizure After Dhillon Reveals It
The Justice Department is refusing to reveal key details about its seizure of 2020 election ballots in Fulton County, even as one of its own officials may have already disclosed them publicly.
The conflict is escalating in federal court, where Fulton County is demanding the return of hundreds of boxes of ballots taken during a January FBI raid tied to alleged election irregularities.
According to Democracy Docket, DOJ lawyers argue the timeline of the investigation is too sensitive to release. But Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon previously described the sequence in an interview, outlining how officials first requested records, then filed a lawsuit, and ultimately obtained a criminal search warrant.
That overlap is now raising questions about whether the government is withholding information already in the public domain.
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In court, Fulton County attorneys say the seizure lacks a valid legal basis and relies on claims that have already been investigated and rejected.
“There’s nothing to support that there’s an ongoing investigation that matters,” attorney Abbe Lowell told the court, according to AP reporting.
The broader dispute ties directly to ongoing efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies to revisit the 2020 election, which multiple recounts and reviews confirmed was won by Joe Biden. Federal investigators cite possible ballot handling issues, but experts testified those claims reflect routine errors, not fraud.
The case is also part of a wider push by the Trump administration to access election data and reexamine past results, drawing resistance from states and election officials.
A federal judge is now weighing whether the government must return the seized ballots or disclose more about how the investigation began.
The outcome could shape how far federal authorities can go in revisiting certified election results.
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