The special agent in charge of the FBI’s Atlanta field office was forced out this month after questioning the Justice Department’s renewed push to probe Fulton County’s role in the 2020 election, two people familiar with the matter told MS NOW.
The FBI executed a search warrant Wednesday at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center near Atlanta, as part of a criminal investigation into records from the 2020 presidential election.
Authorities seized 700 boxes related to the county’s 2020 general election.
The Associated Press reported that the FBI moved to replace him last week.
Trump has repeatedly amplified the baseless claim that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him in Georgia, despite multiple audits, recounts and court rulings confirming that Joe Biden legitimately won the state’s electoral votes.
Recommended FBI searches elections office in Fulton County, Georgia Julianne McShane News Maddowblog As the FBI searches Fulton County, Trump’s 2020 election fixation has escalated beyond whining Steve Benen Fulton County Chairman Robb Pitts called the investigation a distraction and an intimidation tactic from the Trump administration.
Fulton County elections are fair and lawful, and the outcome of the 2020 election will not change,” Pitts told reporters Thursday. »