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Tulsi Gabbard announced in a letter to President Trump, posted on social media, that she is resigning as director of national intelligence effective June 30 to be by her husband’s side as he battles an extremely rare form of bone cancer. After 15 months leading the U.S. spy agencies and facing scrutiny over her conduct and Iran assessments, her departure comes amid a wave of Trump-era cabinet departures.
A federal judge ruled the DOJ does not have to return the 2020 Fulton County ballots seized by the FBI, allowing the records to stay in the federal probe; Fulton County may appeal the decision.
A federal judge ruled the DOJ can retain about 600 boxes of Fulton County election records seized in January 2020, allowing the ongoing probe tied to the 2020 election to proceed despite flaws in the warrant basis and execution; Fulton County’s lawsuit to return the materials was denied at this early stage, with the judge concluding the rights violations alleged were not enough to halt the investigation.
A federal judge ruled that the Justice Department can keep seized ballots from Fulton County, Georgia, tied to the 2020 election, allowing the government to retain the materials as part of an ongoing investigation.
A federal judge, JP Boulee, refused Fulton County’s bid to compel the DOJ to return ballots and other 2020 election materials seized by the FBI, saying the county hadn’t met the high legal bar to intervene. While the court found some aspects of the affidavit used in the search to be problematic, it noted the FBI provided information that undermined some claims and that the DOJ has since supplied the records. The ruling emphasized the seizure did not interfere with the 2020 election or its certification, and county concerns about public records and future seizures were noted, with potential implications for the 2026 midterms.
A federal judge in Georgia denied Fulton County's request to return ballots and other 2020-election materials seized by the FBI, ruling the supporting affidavit had defects (including allegedly misleading statements about the final ballot count and omissions about ballot mechanisms) but not to the degree of ‘callous disregard’; the ruling rejects the county's 10th Amendment and bad-faith arguments and keeps the materials with the government as the case moves forward, noting the seizure was not perfect but must be evaluated under established legal standards.
The DOJ has subpoenaed Fulton County to turn over the names, home addresses, emails and phone numbers of thousands of election workers and volunteers, with Fulton County asking a federal judge to quash the request, calling it harassment and federal overreach. The subpoena, tied to the FBI’s recent election-materials raid and ongoing investigations into election procedures, comes as Georgia’s midterm voting unfolds and political tensions around the 2020 election persist.
The Justice Department issued a grand jury subpoena to Fulton County’s election officials seeking the names, addresses, and contact information of 2020 election workers and volunteers as part of a broader investigation into the 2020 election; the county is urging a judge to quash the subpoena, arguing it is overbroad and harassing and would affect thousands of workers.
The U.S. Department of Justice is requesting the names of people who worked on Fulton County’s 2020 election in Georgia, as part of an ongoing federal review of election administration.
Following a federal court order, the DOJ released a 23-day timeline showing how Kurt Olsen’s Jan. 5 referral led to a full FBI investigation and the raid on Fulton County’s 2020 election materials. The document highlights the rapid sequence, the origins of the probe, and questions about the credibility of the evidence used, while noting ongoing disputes over how the investigation aligns with Fulton County’s civil suit and the broader political context.
A Georgia judge heard Fulton County’s bid to reclaim seized 2020 ballots in a dispute with the Trump administration, after FBI agents removed the materials as part of a federal review; the case centers on custody of the ballots and is continuing in Fulton County.
A federal judge will weigh Fulton County’s request to have thousands of ballots returned after they were seized by the DOJ during the 2020 election investigation, a move the county says relied on debunked theories. The court ruling could impact the DOJ’s broader election probes and how such seizures are viewed in future cases.
Fulton County, Georgia, asks a federal court to return more than 650 boxes of 2020 election materials seized from its elections office by the FBI under a search warrant, arguing the seizure violated Fourth Amendment rights and should be kept for safekeeping pending the dispute. U.S. District Judge Jean-Paul Boulee will hear the case on Friday after previously denying a quest to compel FBI testimony; the DOJ says the county seeks to disrupt an ongoing federal investigation into election-record maintenance and potential irregularities.
The Justice Department’s investigation into the 2020 election faces its first public court test in Atlanta as Fulton County seeks the return of FBI-seized 2020 ballots. Prosecutors argue the warrant was proper and the materials are needed for the probe, while the county contends the affidavit omitted important context. U.S. District Judge JP Boulee will weigh whether the seizure and related disclosures were lawful and whether guardrails should limit how such warrants are used in ongoing investigations, a ruling with implications for the wider probe and related actions, including a separate Arizona subpoena.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified that Trump directed her to observe the FBI’s Fulton County raid on a Georgia election facility, though she said she did not participate in law enforcement and could not confirm whether Trump knew about the warrant in advance, a revelation that raises questions about presidential involvement in a county-level search tied to election-related disputes.