Georgia election server seized after hiring of worker who allegedly aided Trump in overturning election

An election server was seized from a rural Georgia county after officials determined an elections official had lost her job in another county over allegations that she aided former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, WXIA-TV reports.

Misty Hampton was forced out of her job as the Coffee County election director earlier this year after evidence surfaced that she allowed a group of Trump associates access to a secured area while the former president was trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Treutlen County, about 60 miles north of Coffee County, then hired Hampton to run a special election.

Hampton in her role in Treutlen County had access to the state's computerized election equipment. State investigators earlier this spring seized some of the equipment, the report said.

The special election was held to replace TJ Hudson as the county’s director of elections after Hudson was hired as the county manager.

"We just heard that something happened over there (in Coffee County) with the election. I really wasn’t sure what was going on with it," Hudson told the television station.

"At that particular time, we did not have a clue what had been going on over there (in Coffee County)," Hudson said. "Absolutely it would have mattered (if he'd known.)"

The Treutlen County server was seized in April by Georgia Secretary of State office investigators.

Olivia Coley-Pearson, who serves as a city commissioner in the Coffee County city of Douglas told the television station that she was “stunned that Hampton was invited into another Georgia county to run another election,” the report said.

"We don’t know how far spread this thing might really reach," Coley-Pearson told the television station.

"That was a disservice to the residents of Treutlen County. And I’m appalled. Nobody should allow her to do anything concerning elections with her history."

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