June 20 (UPI) -- Georgia Election Board investigators have dismissed a case, alleging election fraud by two Fulton County poll workers following the 2020 presidential election, as "false and unsubstantiated."
Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, gained national attention after social media posts, by supporters of former President Donald Trump, falsely claimed to show the women committing election fraud.
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"We remain diligent and dedicated to looking into real claims of voter fraud," Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger wrote Tuesday in a statement.
"We are glad the state election board finally put this issue to rest. False claims and knowingly false allegations made against these election workers have done tremendous harm," he added. "Election workers deserve our praise for being on the front lines."
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Freeman and Moss have filed a defamation lawsuit -- which is still pending -- against Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani, who they say advanced false claims about a video showing the women scanning ballots hidden in suitcases at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, according to the investigation.
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"The suitcases they claim we had were issued ballot boxes that we use every election," Moss told ABC News last November.
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