Pitts et al v. United States of America

  1. March 27, 2026

    Judge Seems Doubtful Of Fulton County's Ballot Retrieval Bid

    A Georgia federal judge appeared skeptical Friday of Fulton County's efforts to recover hundreds of boxes of 2020 election ballots that were seized by the FBI in a January raid on a county warehouse, signaling he wasn't sure whether the government had shown "callous disregard" for the Constitution.

  2. March 26, 2026

    FBI Agent Doesn't Have To Testify In Ga. Ballot Fight

    The FBI special agent behind the bureau's seizure of 2020 election records from Fulton County, Georgia, will not have to testify in an upcoming evidentiary hearing in the county's suit seeking return of the materials, a federal judge said Thursday.

  3. March 23, 2026

    Judge Clears Way For Hearing On Fulton County Ballot Raid

    A Georgia federal judge will allow Fulton County to move forward with its bid to force the U.S. Department of Justice into court this week to back up the evidence behind its January raid on the county's election office, when it seized 2020 ballots.

  4. March 05, 2026

    Former Ga. Chief Justice To Mediate Fulton Ballot Seizure

    A Georgia federal judge has tasked former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton, now a Troutman Pepper Locke LLP partner, to mediate the ongoing dispute over possession of Fulton County's 2020 election ballots after they were seized by the FBI in January.

  5. February 26, 2026

    Former Prosecutors Slam Seizure Of Fulton County Ballots

    A bipartisan group of former federal prosecutors told a federal judge that the U.S. Department of Justice shouldn't have sought a search warrant to seize election materials from Georgia's Fulton County last month and that in doing so, the department failed its "essential role in our justice system."

  6. February 23, 2026

    DOJ Says It Needs To Hold On To 2020 Fulton County Ballots

    The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to reject Fulton County's request for the return of 2020 election ballots and other records seized in a recent FBI raid, arguing those records might disappear forever if the Georgia county gets them back. 

  7. February 17, 2026

    Fulton County Slams 'Unjustified' Election Records Raid

    Fulton County on Tuesday again asked a Georgia federal court to order the federal government to return property that it contends was "improperly seized" by the FBI in a raid of its elections operations center last month, arguing that the federal government omitted "numerous material facts" in seeking a search warrant.