Donald Trump, pardon and election
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The lawsuit asks a federal court in Atlanta to demand that ballots from the 2020 presidential election be produced within five days of a court order.
The lawsuit asks for all ballot materials from Fulton County, where Trump faced criminal charges related to election interference in Georgia.
The move comes just weeks after the Fulton County election interference case against President Trump and others was dismissed.
The defendant, accused of voting for Trump twice in 2020, argues the president’s pardon of allies who attempted to overturn his loss should apply to his alleged crimes.
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday seeking copies of Fulton County’s ballots from the 2020 election.