In January 2026, the FBI executed a warrant on the Fulton County Election Office to seize information from the 2020 election.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, Reuters, CNN, NPR, Politico) confirm the FBI executed a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office on January 28, 2026, seeking and seizing records tied to the 2020 election.
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… That was back over a year and a half ago. The DOJ escalated its campaigns to seize these sensitive voter data, suing, six states, and then escalating that to 31 states that they have sued, 30 states plus dc, rather. In January, the FBI executed a warrant on the Fulton County Election Office, seizing information from the 2020 election, an election that happened five and a half years ago. They subpoenaed records in Arizona regarding 2020. They sought sensitive information, personal information on poll workers who had volunteered in the middle of a, um, of a global pandemic at great risk to themselves. …
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Supports. AP and Reuters report the FBI executed a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, seeking records related to the 2020 election.[1][2][3]
Supports. NPR reports the FBI executed the search warrant on Jan. 28 and seized more than 650 boxes of ballots and other 2020 election material.[4]
Supports. Politico reports a federal judge let DOJ keep about 600 boxes of 2020 Fulton County election records seized in the search, confirming the seizure occurred.[5]
Context. Sources describe the search as tied to the Justice Department's efforts and Trump's 2020 fraud claims; NPR reports the affidavit omitted key findings from earlier state inquiries, a contested characterization of the warrant's basis rather than a dispute over whether it was executed.[2][4]
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5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 tier 2
- 1FBI serves a search warrant at Fulton County elections officeapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2FBI searches Atlanta election office, chasing Trump 2020 vote fraud claimsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 3FBI agents execute search warrant at elections office near ...pbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4The FBI seizure of Georgia 2020 election ballots relies on debunked claimsnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 5DOJ can keep 2020 Fulton County election records it seized, judge rulespolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
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