FBI agents are executing a search at a warehouse that serves as Fulton County's election hub.
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Information are executing a search at a warehouse that serves as Fulton County 's election hub.The agency confirmed that its agents were 'executing a court authorized law enforcement action' at 5600 Campbellton Fairburn Road, the site of the Fulton County Elections Hub & Operations Center.
Agents wearing camouflage vests were seen going in and out of the warehouse.An FBI spokesperson did not provide any details about what the search was concerning, other than saying their investigation was ongoing. A source familiar with the investigation tells CBS News that the investigation is in connection with the 2020 election, in which Democrats narrowly won Georgia's electoral college votes.A spokesperson for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says that their agency is not involved in the operation.The center, which opened in 2023, serves as a storage space for election equipment and office space for multiple Fulton County agencies.Democratic state Sen. Josh McLarin told reporters at the scene that an FBI evidence retrieval team was loading what he called '700 boxes of ballots' into parked trucks nearby. He expressed his concern about what would happen to the ballots after they are removed from the center.'If they are able to modify the contents of these ballots. Then there is really no way to find out what happened in 2020,' McLarin said.Fulton County's elections operations in the national spotlightPresident Trump has long made Georgia, one of the battleground states he lost in 2020, a central target for his complaints about the election and memorably pleaded with its then-secretary of state to 'find' him enough votes to overturn the contest.Last year, the U.S. Justice Department sued the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections and Clerk of Courts Che Alexander, arguing that they had failed to comply with a subpoena requesting all 'used and void ballots, stubs of all ballots, signature envelopes, and corresponding envelope digital files from the 2020 General Election in Fulton County.' The county responded on Jan. 20, asking for the lawsuit be dismissed.It is not clear if that lawsuit and request for information were connected with the search.In May 2024, Georgia's State Election Board heard a case that alleged documentation was missing for thousands of votes in the recount of the presidential contest in the 2020 election in 2020. After a presentation by a lawyer and an investigator for the secretary of state's office, a response from the county and a lengthy discussion among the board members, the board voted to issue a letter of reprimand to Fulton County.Shortly after that vote, there was a shift in power on the board, and the newly cemented conservative majority sought to reopen the case. The lone Democrat on the board and the chair have repeatedly objected, arguing the case is closed and citing multiple reviews that have found that while the county's 2020 elections were sloppy and poorly managed there was no evidence of intentional wrongdoing.This is a breaking news story and will be updated as soon as additional information is available. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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