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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Justin Glawe

Justice department allegedly investigating debunked 2020 Georgia election fraud claims

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The last day of early voting at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, on 1 November 2024. Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images

Members of Georgia’s election denial movement have claimed in recent weeks that the justice department is investigating debunked fraud claims in the state stemming from the 2020 election.

The development would be just the latest in a series of moves by Trump acolytes at the Department of Justice who are transforming the voting section of the agency from an office focused on protecting Americans’ voting rights to one that is in lockstep with an election denial movement that incessantly demands investigations and drastic reductions in access to the polls based on Donald Trump’s lies about elections.

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