Overview
- Agents executed a magistrate‑signed warrant at the Fulton County Elections Hub in Union City as part of an ongoing investigation tied to the 2020 presidential race.
- County officials said agents removed roughly 700 boxes of ballots and records without allowing local copies, raising privacy and chain‑of‑custody concerns.
- The warrant cites potential crimes involving deprivation or intimidation of voters and failures to retain federal election records, and was signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Catherine Salinas.
- Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Deputy FBI Director Andrew Bailey were seen at the site, and a planned federal news conference was canceled.
- The operation follows a December Justice Department civil suit seeking the same 2020 Fulton materials and drew denunciations from Georgia Democrats, who called the search intimidation.