A federal judge handed the Trump administration a narrow procedural win on Thursday, blocking Fulton County’s attempt to compel testimony from an FBI agent tied to the bureau’s seizure of 2020 election records.

U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia J.P. Boulee, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled that the Justice Department was within its authority to prevent FBI Special Agent Hugh Raymond Evans from testifying at a scheduled evidentiary hearing, rejecting the county’s subpoena request.

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