Overview
- A federal judge unsealed the search-warrant affidavit with redactions, revealing the FBI is investigating whether Fulton County’s 2020 election improprieties were intentional violations of federal law.
- The affidavit states some post-2020 allegations were disproven while others were substantiated, forming the basis for probable cause approved by a magistrate.
- FBI agents removed roughly 650 boxes holding ballots, tabulator tapes, ballot images and voter rolls from the county’s Union City facility, according to county officials.
- Body-camera footage shows initial confusion at the site because agents did not produce a printed warrant, saying a digital copy had been provided to the Clerk of Courts.
- Fulton County has moved under Rule 41(g) to recover the seized materials and limit federal use, as county leaders and voting-rights advocates denounce the raid as politically driven while the criminal investigation continues.