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Justice Department twice misspells 'north' as filing goes down in flames

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AlterNet reports that the Justice Department appealed to the conservative 11th Circuit for access to information concerning 2020 election workers in Fulton County, Georgia. The filing misspelled “north” twice, but the substantive failure came earlier: U.S. District Judge William Ray ruled in July that the demand was unreasonable and would not produce information supporting any viable criminal charge.

Ray said the Justice Department may work through grand juries but cannot use that power to obtain private information without a legitimate purpose. The filing also identified…

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