ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is sending a letter to the newly sworn-in United States Attorney General Pam Bondi asking that she “reconsider and withdraw” the lawsuit the Department of Justice filed in 2021.
“When she sees our case, I believe it’s proper for her to dismiss it,” Raffensperger told Channel 2 investigative reporter Justin Gray.
Bondi was just sworn in Wednesday at the White House on the same day Raffensperger sent his letter.
The DOJ lawsuit filed under the Biden administration alleges that Georgia’s controversial election lawsuit SB 202 violates federal law under the Voting Rights Act.
“We had a weaponized DOJ under the Biden administration that came after the state of Georgia to try and score some cheap political points, plus cost our taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars. Enough is enough,” Raffensperger said.
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The lawsuit was filed in June 2021 and alleges that Georgia law changes driven by Republicans after President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss like limiting drop boxes and making the absentee ballot request period shorter unfairly hurt Black voters.
The Justice Department lawsuit has been making its way through the courts for more than three years.
Democratic state Sen. Josh McLaurin said if the DOJ does drop the lawsuit now, he believes it will be about politics and not the law.
“You cannot escape the fact that if DOJ changes course on this, it’s because the prosecution of these complaints about voter suppression have to do with satisfying Donald Trump’s ego,” McLaurin said.
The letter not only asks that the DOJ drop the lawsuit, but that Bondi also file a letter of support for Georgia’s law for other legal challenges.
Channel 2 Action News reached out to the Department of Justice for comment on this story but has not heard back.
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