Trump’s DOJ Demands Personal Data on Every 2020 Election Worker in Georgia’s Largest County

President Trump’s relentless push to undermine the 2020 election results has taken a new, aggressive turn in Georgia. The Department of Justice has issued a subpoena demanding a comprehensive list of every single election worker, volunteer, and temporary staff member involved in the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, Georgia’s most populous county.

The subpoena, issued on April 17 and revealed publicly only on Monday, requires the Fulton County Board of Elections to produce not just names, but home addresses, email addresses, and personal phone numbers for nearly 3,000 individuals. This includes permanent county employees and temporary poll workers alike.

Fulton County officials are pushing back hard. In a 27-page court filing, the Board of Elections called the subpoena “unprecedented” and politically motivated. Robb Pitts, Chair of the Fulton County Commission, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the true purpose of this fishing expedition is to “intimidate workers in our county, to discourage people from voting.” He vowed to fight the subpoena “with every possible resource.”

This latest move fits into a disturbing pattern of Trump weaponizing federal agencies to target election officials who helped secure Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia, a win repeatedly confirmed by courts and election audits. Earlier this year, Trump sent his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, to accompany FBI agents raiding a Fulton County elections office.

The demand for personal information on election workers is not just a harassment tactic. It threatens to chill civic participation by exposing ordinary citizens who volunteered to uphold democratic processes to public harassment, threats, or worse. The timing—less than six months before the 2024 presidential election cycle kicks into high gear—raises alarming questions about whether this is a pretext to interfere with upcoming elections.

Trump’s false claims of widespread fraud in Georgia have been thoroughly debunked, yet his administration continues to weaponize government power to intimidate and suppress. The Fulton County subpoena is a stark example of how authoritarian tactics are being deployed to undermine trust in our democracy and silence those who make it work.

The legal battles over this subpoena and other efforts to target election officials will likely drag on for months, if not years. What’s clear now is that Trump’s war on democracy is far from over—and ordinary election workers remain on the front lines.