Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones allegedly asked for election equipment access in 2020

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.