{"id":435613,"date":"2026-01-28T22:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/435613\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T22:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:16:09","slug":"fbi-searches-fulton-county-election-hub-in-connection-with-trumps-2020-election-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/435613\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI searches Fulton County election hub in connection with Trump’s 2020 election loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 The FBI executed a search warrant at a Fulton County elections hub on Wednesday, seeking records related to the 2020 election, according to the county.<\/p>\n

The FBI told NBC News that “conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity” at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, while the FBI’s Atlanta Field Office confirmed the activity and said that an “investigation into this matter is ongoing so there are no details that we can provide at the moment.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThis operation is still actively underway,\u201d Fulton County said their statement on Wednesday afternoon, declining to share more information. <\/p>\n

State Sen. Josh McLaurin, a Democrat who represents Fulton County, called the search “extremely alarming.”<\/p>\n

Speaking last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump repeated his false claim that the 2020 election was \u201crigged,\u201d and said that \u201cpeople will soon be prosecuted for what they did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fulton County has been a fixation of Trump’s following his 2020 election loss in Georgia. In the lead-up to the Jan. 6 attack, Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger<\/a> in a phone call to \u201cfind 11,780 votes,\u201d which was roughly Joe Biden\u2019s margin of victory in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you think it\u2019s possible that they shredded ballots in Fulton County?\u201d Trump told Raffensberger at the time. \u201cBecause that is what the rumor is.”<\/p>\n

Raffensperger\u2019s office declined to comment on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report<\/a> on Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss noted that Fulton County election workers received death threats after Trump’s false claims.<\/p>\n

The Fulton County Election Hub opened<\/a> in 2023. The Elections Department occupies “the largest area with more than 261,000 square feet dedicated to staff, operations, and equipment,” according to a post from the county government at the time.<\/p>\n

Trump’s focus on Fulton County also dovetails with the state criminal case against him brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The case was dismissed<\/a> after she was disqualified from prosecuting it <\/a>amid conflict of interest allegations. Trump had pleaded not guilty and is now seeking more than $6.2 million in attorney fees and costs<\/a> in connection with that investigation.<\/p>\n

Two Georgia election workers who were smeared by Trump allies \u2014 Ruby Freeman and Wandrea \u201cShaye\u201d Moss \u2014 were harassed and received a torrent of threats after they were falsely accused of participating in a voter fraud scheme. Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who boosted Trump’s false election claims, accused the duo of passing USB drives<\/a> \u201clike vials of heroin or cocaine,” when in fact they were passing a ginger mint. The duo were awarded $148 million <\/a>in damages<\/a> after a 2023 trial, and Giuliani later satisfied the judgment in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Freeman and Moss, Smith told members of Congress in a deposition<\/a> last month, “were people that Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump targeted with absolutely false claims of election fraud” that “caused them to endure all these sort of vile threats.”<\/p>\n

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Ryan J. Reilly is a justice reporter for NBC News.<\/p>\n

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Chloe Atkins reports for the NBC News National Security and Law Unit, based in New York.<\/p>\n

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Garrett Haake is NBC News’ senior White House correspondent.<\/p>\n

Juliette Arcodia contributed.<\/p>\n