The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division announced a lawsuit against a Georgia county, where President Donald Trump faced charges for election interference until recently.
In a statement on Friday, the DOJ said it was suing Fulton County in Georgia, along with four states — Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Nevada — for voting records from the 2020 election. Trump lost in all of the localities that were sued.
"States have the statutory duty to preserve and protect their constituents from vote dilution," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said in a statement. "At this Department of Justice, we will not permit states to jeopardize the integrity and effectiveness of elections by refusing to abide by our federal elections laws. If states will not fulfill their duty to protect the integrity of the ballot, we will."
Trump has long claimed that the 2020 election was rigged against him.
An October subpoena demanded "all used and void ballots, stubs of all ballots, signature envelopes, and corresponding envelope digital files" from Fulton County.
According to the complaint, the Fulton County Clerk's office has not responded to the subpoena.