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For NPR News, I'm Raul Bali in Rome, Georgia.
The FBI investigation originated from a referral by White House employee Kurt Olson.
He's a lawyer who aided Trump's efforts to try to overturn the 2020 election.
Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chair Rob Pitts calls the accusations lies that have national implications.
The FBI seized hundreds of boxes of 2020 election documents last month.
Lawyers for Fulton County who filed the motion to unseal the affidavits also want those documents returned.
For NPR News, I'm Raul Bali in Atlanta.
The DOJ lawsuit filed in Atlanta names the Fulton County Clerk of Courts.
The county has said the sealed ballots and other records cannot be produced without a court order.
The Department of Justice is now asking the federal court in Atlanta to issue one.
Attorney General has the right to obtain ballots and other records under the Civil Rights Act of 1960 and that the Attorney General is investigating Fulton County's compliance with federal election law.
Trump and some of his supporters have long claimed widespread fraud, leading to his 2020 loss in Georgia.
Multiple investigations have not borne that out.
For NPR News, I'm Raul Bali in Atlanta.