FBI Executes Warrant at Fulton County Election Office Over 2020 Vote
On January 28, 2026, the FBI executed a search warrant at Fulton County's Elections Hub in Union City, Georgia, seeking all physical ballots, ballot images, tabulator tapes and voter rolls from the 2020 presidential election; an evidence retrieval team loaded roughly 700 boxes of ballots into waiting trucks. The warrant cites potential violations of election record retention and election official fraud statutes. This follows Fulton County's December 2025 admission that tabulator tapes weren't properly signed and some documents were misplaced. The search comes as FBI Director Kash Patel pursues investigations aligned with Trump's claims about the 2020 election. It was carried out without advance notice to Fulton County officials or to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who called it a waste of time and tax dollars. Georgia's senators condemned the search, and Sen. Raphael Warnock later led the entire Fulton County congressional delegation in a February 3 letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding answers.
“The investigation is a waste of time and tax dollars. Leaders should stop trying to change the past with baseless and repackaged claims.”