On Jan. 28, 2026, FBI agents seized about 700 boxes of election records from Fulton County, Georgia, including physical ballots from the 2020 election. An affidavit supporting the court-approved raid alleged potential violations of federal law during the election.
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What the FBI Is Investigating in Criminal Probe of 2020 Election

The agency is probing issues that plagued Fulton County’s election, including unsigned tabulator tapes, identical ballot images, and deleted digital records.
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By Petr Svab
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After the election offices of Georgia’s most populous county were raided last month, the FBI has disclosed information indicating where its investigation is heading.

Federal laws may have been broken during the 2020 election according to the affidavit supporting the court-approved raid. Yet the breadth of the materials seized shows the FBI may be able to check the integrity of the ballots more broadly, uncovering further issues or putting speculation to bed.

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