It’s no secret that Donald Trump lied about Georgia’s 2020 elections, but as the NBC affiliate in Atlanta reported overnight, state officials have now officially closed the book on one of the most notorious Republican claims.
Officials said Tuesday that the State Election Board had dismissed the case related to the “suitcases full of ballots” allegations at State Farm Arena on Election Night 2020. The State Farm Arena episode was central to former President Donald Trump’s claims that Georgia had fraudulent election results in favor of President Joe Biden. Instead, the long-running investigation by the state determined the claims related to that night were “false and unsubstantiated.”
To be sure, these are not exactly new revelations. Nevertheless, officials on Georgia’s state board of elections yesterday took the formal step of closing the case altogether.
“We are glad the state election board finally put this issue to rest,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said. “False claims and knowingly false allegations made against these election workers have done tremendous harm. Election workers deserve our praise for being on the front lines.”
In a press statement, Raffensperger said the conspiracy theories were scrutinized by investigators from his office, as well as special agents with the FBI and GBI, who collectively concluded that there was “no evidence of any type of fraud as alleged.” They similarly found that allegations of wrongdoing against election workers...
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