Lt. Gov. Burt Jones allegedly requested access to election computers in Butts County after the 2020 election, according to evidence presented in the federal trial over Georgia’s voting machines.
In a December 2020 email chain obtained by WABE and presented in federal court, an official in the Georgia secretary of state’s office reported a concerning call from the Butts County election director.
The director at the time apparently told state officials that Jones, then a state senator, had approached the local election board chair and asked to allow a “forensic analyst” to inspect the election management server in Butts County.
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