Yahoo Autos Georgia judge’s ruling gives boost to Trump lawyer’s bizarre conspiracy theory over voting machines
Republican observers watch election officials counting absentee ballots during the Georgia presidential election recount
(AP)A judge in Georgia has ordered the state administration not to “alter, destroy, or erase” any software or data on Dominion-brand voting machines in three counties in the state, after a case was filed by former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell related to fraud in the elections.
The judge, Timothy C Batten, also asked the state’s Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to explain by Wednesday evening their views, if any, against allowing the inspection of the voting machines in Cobb, Gwinnett, and Cherokee Counties.
During the hearing, the administration asserted that the forensic inspections would pose “substantial security and proprietary/trade secret risks.”
The case by Ms Powell, who has been alleging without evidence that Dominion voting machines are part of an elaborate election rigging conspiracy, was heard by the US district judge on Sunday night via a Zoom call.
The judge restrained Georgia’s administration from “altering, destroying, or erasing, or allowing the alteration, destruction, or erasure of, any software or data on any Dominion voting machine in Cobb, Gwinnett, and Cherokee Counties”.
It also asked for a “copy of the contract” between Georgia and Dominion Voting Systems.
