ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger complied with a recent subpoena by special counsel Jack Smith seeking surveillance video of a polling place that was the subject of voter fraud claims by former President Donald Trump and his associates. allies, his office told NBC News on Wednesday.
The summons of May 31, first reported For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he searched for Election Day footage of State Farm Arena from Raffensperger’s office.
The subpoena, obtained by NBC News, requested: “Any and all security video or security filming, or any other video of any kind, depicting or being taken at or near the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 3 November 2020 or about that date and any associated data”.
A spokesman for the special prosecutor, who is leading an investigation into the January 6 riots and efforts to annul the 2020 election, declined to comment on the subpoena.
The Georgia State Board of Elections said last month it had dismissed its years-long investigation into allegations of voter fraud tied to the polling place.
Trump and his former attorney Rudy Giuliani had repeatedly promoted false claims that a pair of poll workers stationed in the arena committed fraud while counting ballots.
The news of Raffensperger’s compliance with the imaging request comes a day after Trump said he received a letter from Smith informing him that he is the subject of an investigation by a federal grand jury investigating the January 6 riots and the efforts to annul the 2020 elections.
