The Department of Justice conducted a raid on Fulton County.
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Deadline: White HouseOct 20, 2026
Multiple reliable sources report that FBI agents executed a search warrant at Fulton County's election hub on January 28, 2026, seizing 2020 ballots and records, and USA Today states the FBI is part of the Department of Justice and that the affidavit came from DOJ's request.
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… If you're the federal government and you don't tell the suppliers of the equipment how to that this has happened so that you that can patch it, for so this this can't happen, I mean, there are now, in my view, at least three proof points. The first was the raid on Fulton County, which, at the time, Nicole, you know, there was a lot of speculation why it happened, and I came on your air and I said, "They are doing this because they want to learn how to seize ballots." …
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Supports. Reuters reports that FBI agents descended on the Fulton County election hub on January 28 with a warrant to seize ballots, voter rolls, and machine records, and that the investigation began with an Olsen referral.[1]
Supports. USA Today reports that the FBI, which is part of the Department of Justice, seized ballots and other 2020 election records from a Fulton County election center on January 28, and that the justification came from DOJ's warrant affidavit.[3]
Supports. AP reports that the most dramatic action in the DOJ-led probe was the late-January seizure of ballots and 2020 election records from Fulton County, Georgia.[2]
Context. Coverage notes the raid produced no indictments as of September, and courts and officials have rejected the underlying fraud claims, but these points do not dispute that the DOJ-linked raid occurred.[4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 not rated
- 1How Trump's obsession with ‘rigged' voting machines spread across US governmentreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Those who pushed election conspiracies are now in Trump's White...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3DOJ shares why it raided Georgia election hub and seized 2020 ...usatoday.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4What the Fulton County election warehouse raid did (and did ...ajc.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Trump Administration Escalates Undermining Elections ...brennancenter.org · not rated · cited for: context
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