Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Officials for Fulton County, Ga., said in a filing Tuesday that the Department of Justice lied to get a warrant to raid and seize 2020 election materials from the county's elections office.
The officials say President Donald Trump's former campaign attorney, Kurt Olsen, orchestrated the search and seizure by the FBI that happened on Jan. 18 at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center.
"The affidavit admits that the entire 'criminal investigation originated from a referral sent by Kurt Olsen,' but it conceals the fact that multiple courts have sanctioned Olsen for his unsubstantiated, speculative claims about elections," the officials said in an amended motion filed Tuesday.
County officials want the Justice Department to return seized election ballots, voter rolls, digital ballot images and tabulator tapes that are related to the county's certification of the 2020 presidential election.
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