Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Evidence Response Team walk outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there in relation to the 2020 election, in Union City, Ga., on Jan. 28, 2026. Alyssa Pointer/Reuters
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the government can retain thousands of 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County that the FBI seized from a warehouse near Atlanta.
In his decision, U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee rejected arguments from county attorneys, who said the ballots and related election materials—including any digital copies made by the Justice Department—should be returned.
