Special counsel subpoenas surveillance video from Georgia election count

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Wednesday that the feds have requested the surveillance videos from the State Farm Arena where the 2020 election count and recount were carried out.

"In a grand jury subpoena dated May 31, the Georgia Secretary of State’s office was directed to hand over 'any and all security video or security footage, or any other video of any kind, depicting or taken at or near' State Farm and 'any associated data,'" the report said.

While the feds didn't give a reason for seekng the videos, it is likely linked to the grand jury that's investigating attempts to overthrow the 2020 election. In Dec. 2020, Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, appeared at the Cobb County Civic Center where the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was reviewing absentee ballots to check signatures.

Flanked by Secret Service agents, Meadows confronted Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs in a hallway demanding he be able to sit in the room where the investigators were. He was blocked from it.

There aren't any reports stating that Meadows also visited the State Farm Arena during that trip or if any other Trump aides were there trying to gain access. The subpoena for the footage, however, was sent to the Secretary of State's office, not directly to the arena.

State Farm Arena was part of a conspiracy promoted by Rudy Giuliani, who said that one election worker had a thumb drive she handed to another. In fact, it was a ginger mint. The two women then became targets of the far right, with death threats and some people who even tried to perform a citizen's arrest.

"Federal and state-level investigators interviewed election workers and reviewed hours of footage, determining the video showed normal ballot counting at State Farm. A recent investigation by the state Election Board concluded that the allegations against Freeman and Moss 'were unsubstantiated and found to have no merit.' Still, conspiracy theories about the State Farm count continue to circulate," said the report.

Read the full report at the AJC.