FBI Raids Georgia Election Office for 2020 Records Amidst Investigation

FBI Search Warrant in Fulton County

• FBI agents executed a court-authorized search warrant at the Fulton County, Georgia, elections office, a facility storing election records including those from the 2020 election.
• The raid targeted a warehouse-like facility where the county hosts and stores election records, specifically mentioning ballots and ballot images from the 2020 election.

Fulton County's Role and Concerns

• Fulton County has been a focal point of unfounded claims of mass election fraud in the 2020 election.
• County election officials expressed significant concern, stating they do not know where their election records have been taken or what will happen to them.
• Officials voiced apprehension that the federal government's actions might be an effort to control Fulton County's elections.

Legal Basis for the Search

• The search warrant indicates the FBI was authorized to seize ballots, ballot images, and various other records related to the 2020 election.
• These records have been preserved due to long-running litigation concerning the 2020 ballots.

Potential Charges Under Investigation

• The warrant references two potential statutes investigators are examining:
  • A statute making it a crime for election officials not to properly retain election records.
  • A statute that criminalizes election officials for willfully defrauding state residents of a fair election.

Prosecutor's Involvement

• An interesting element of the search warrant is that the prosecutor listed is not from Georgia but is the interim US attorney in the Eastern District of Missouri.
• This detail suggests a broader federal involvement beyond local Georgia jurisdictions.