FBI search of Georgia offices tied to probe of possible 2020 election 'defects,' affidavit says

Описание: (10 Feb 2026)
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Union City, Georgia – 28 January 2026
1. STILL of Fulton County police car outside Fulton County elections hub (ID:
26028706715824)
2. STILL of FBI Agents outside Fulton County elections hub (ID:
26028692960594)
3. STILL of Georgia General Election 2020 ballots loaded by the FBI (ID: 26028840676225)
 
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Rome, Georgia – 1 November 2020
4. STLL of Donald Trump at campaign rally (ID: 20307090660462)

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Union City, Georgia – 28 January 2026
5. Various aerial shot of authorities outside Fulton County election hub
6. FBI exiting Fulton County election hub
7. Authorities outside Fulton County election hub
8. FBI truck outside Fulton County election hub
9. Forklift operator at Fulton County election hub
10. Aerial shot of Fulton County election hub ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
The FBI obtained a search warrant to seize hundreds of boxes of ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia, as part of a criminal investigation into possible “deficiencies or defects” in the vote count in the 2020 contest lost by President Donald Trump, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday.
 
The affidavit provides the first public justification for an FBI search last month that targeted a county that Trump and allies have long seen as central to their false claim that the 2020 election was stolen.
 
But the allegations outlined in the affidavit are largely based on claims that have long been made by people who assert that there was fraud in the 2020 election.
 
Audits, state officials, courts and Trump’s own former attorney general have rejected the idea that there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election that could have altered the outcome.

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