A federal warrant was issued in Fulton County, Georgia, in January regarding the 2020 election.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
Multiple tier-1 and tier-2 sources report that the FBI executed a search warrant at the Fulton County election office in Union City on January 28, 2026, seeking records related to the 2020 election, and NPR obtained a copy of the warrant.
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… People like Lieutenant Governor DEIdre Henderson in Utah, Republicans who did this because they were fighting for their voters. For all of the investigations of the 2020 election, I mean, I'll admit to you, when I heard about that warrant that was issued in Fulton County in January, I mean, that was big news. I mean, a warrant is really troubling. A warrant is executed before the other party gets to go to court and say, maybe there wasn't a good reason for this. …
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Supports. AP and Reuters both report that the FBI searched Fulton County's election facility on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, executing a court-authorized warrant tied to 2020 election records.[1][2]
Supports. NPR reports the FBI executed a search warrant at the Fulton County election center seeking 2020 ballots and records, and says it obtained a copy of the warrant.[3]
Supports. The unsealed affidavit and later coverage confirm the warrant was obtained by the FBI for seizing 2020 election materials from Fulton County in January.[4][5][6]
Context. One secondary source gives a January 18 seizure date, which conflicts with the January 28 date in the primary wire reporting; this does not affect the January timing of the warrant.[7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1FBI executes search warrant at Fulton County elections ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2FBI searches Atlanta election office, chasing Trump 2020 vote fraud claimsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3FBI conducts search at Fulton County election office in ... - NPRnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 42020 election deniers drove the FBI's seizures of Fulton County ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Trump director of election security sparked Georgia office ...abcnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Feds unseal search warrant justifying seizure of Fulton County's ...courthousenews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7FBI warrant relied on debunked 2020 election claimssan.com · not rated · cited for: context
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