The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the 28th (local time) is executing a search and seizure at the Fulton County Board of Elections in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Fulton County government said in a statement that the FBI is conducting a search and seizure of records related to the 2020 presidential election kept by the elections board. Local outlet WSB-TV reported that FBI agents are transporting about 700 boxes containing ballots and related documents from the site.
The outlet also said that Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) who oversees the U.S. intelligence community, and Andrew Bailey, the FBI deputy director, are expected to arrive at the search site soon.
Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state who oversees the state's elections, was not given prior notice about the search and seizure and has not issued an official position to date.
The operation is believed to be potentially linked to the probe into former President Donald Trump's claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. After losing to former President Joe Biden in Georgia by about 11,000 votes at the time, Trump continuously claimed there was fraud in the election.
It is also known that Trump phoned Raffensperger, the secretary of state who administered the election at the time, and demanded that enough votes be found to overturn his loss.
Meanwhile, the Fulton County prosecutor's office indicted Trump and 19 campaign associates in 2023 on charges of election interference and obstruction, but the case concluded in 2025 after prosecutors dropped the charges following Trump's successful reelection.