January 1, FBI Raids Fulton Election Site Years After 2020

Wyatt’s Take

• The FBI finally searched Fulton County’s election hub, years after concerns were first raised about the 2020 vote.
• Balloons of mistrust keep floating for hardworking Georgians who just want honest elections.
• This new action puts old doubts back on the front burner for Middle America.

The FBI raided the Fulton County Election Hub this week, more than five years after folks first started raising questions about the 2020 election.

Fulton County officials said, “The warrant sought a number of records related to 2020 elections.”

This comes as the Justice Department is suing Fulton County over those election records, and the governor already sent the 2020 results to the State Election Board several years back.

A separate law enforcement official confirmed the FBI’s search is linked to a criminal probe of the 2020 election.

The FBI stated, “Our investigation into this matter is ongoing, so there are no details that we can provide at the moment.”

The county says agents were seizing 2020 records and filed a motion to toss out the federal case, arguing the state—not D.C.—should handle things.

The Justice Department claims the Civil Rights Act means the Attorney General can demand all voting records, fighting attempts to limit access.

Ballot issues and chain-of-custody problems dogged Fulton since 2020, with the state GOP calling for “full transparency and accountability.”

Party chairman Josh McKoon declared, “The FBI’s execution of a search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub is long overdue—Georgians have waited years for real answers about what happened in 2020.”

Investigations after 2020 found irregularities in Fulton, like tally sheets not matching the ballot images and problems with absentee counting, including sloppy mistakes.

The county admitted to the State Election Board last month that tabulator tapes—receipts used to match voter and ballot counts—weren’t signed after the election and that some tapes and documents were missing, breaking state regulations.

Fulton’s election board attorney, Ann Brumbaugh, told regulators, “We do not dispute that the tapes were not signed. It was a violation of the rule. They should have done it.”

For folks in Middle America, this search finally puts some heat on a county that’s dodged accountability for years.

Wyatt Matters

Honest elections and clear answers matter to working families. Seeing action taken on long-ignored problems in Fulton feels like a step toward restoring the faith Middle America needs in our voting system.

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