Fulton County FBI raid prompted by Trump 2020 election lawyer’s criminal referral
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A referral by a lawyer who assisted President Donald Trump‘s efforts to challenge his 2020 election defeat, Kurt Olsen, led to a recent FBI raid that seized 2020 election ballots from Fulton County, Georgia.
A newly unsealed 22-page affidavit by FBI agent Hugh Raymond Evans shows the FBI, during the Jan. 28 raid, sought a search warrant as part of a criminal investigation into whether alleged irregularities in Fulton County’s handling of the 2020 presidential election were intentional and violated federal law.
The Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center is seen Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Georgia, near Atlanta, as FBI agents search at the main election facility. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
“The FBI criminal investigation originated from a referral sent by Kurt Olsen, Presidentially appointed Director of Election Security and Integrity,” Evans wrote in the affidavit, which was filed in federal court in Atlanta and unsealed Tuesday. The affidavit also identifies Georgia State Election Board member Janice Johnston, a supporter of Trump who has questioned the county’s handling of the election, as a secondary source of information for the investigation.
Evans said investigators were examining whether election improprieties in Fulton County amounted to violations of federal statutes governing the preservation of election records and the knowing deprivation of a fair election. The affidavit does not accuse any specific individual of wrongdoing.
The filing was unsealed by U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee after the chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and the county Board of Registration and Elections sued last week seeking the return of the seized ballots.
Federal prosecutors submitted the affidavit in support of a search warrant authorizing agents to seize physical ballots from the 2020 general election in Fulton County, including absentee ballots, as well as tabulator tapes from every voting machine and voter rolls documenting absentee, early, and Election Day voting.
Evans wrote that following the Nov. 3, 2020, election, “there were many allegations of electoral impropriety relating to the voting process and ballot counting in Fulton County, Georgia,” noting that while some claims had been disproven, others had been substantiated through admissions by the county.
“The tabulator machines used by Fulton County are designed to create and save a scanned image of each ballot,” Evans wrote. “Fulton County has admitted that it …
Confidence requires clarity.
A referral by a lawyer who assisted President Donald Trump‘s efforts to challenge his 2020 election defeat, Kurt Olsen, led to a recent FBI raid that seized 2020 election ballots from Fulton County, Georgia.
A newly unsealed 22-page affidavit by FBI agent Hugh Raymond Evans shows the FBI, during the Jan. 28 raid, sought a search warrant as part of a criminal investigation into whether alleged irregularities in Fulton County’s handling of the 2020 presidential election were intentional and violated federal law.
The Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center is seen Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Georgia, near Atlanta, as FBI agents search at the main election facility. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
“The FBI criminal investigation originated from a referral sent by Kurt Olsen, Presidentially appointed Director of Election Security and Integrity,” Evans wrote in the affidavit, which was filed in federal court in Atlanta and unsealed Tuesday. The affidavit also identifies Georgia State Election Board member Janice Johnston, a supporter of Trump who has questioned the county’s handling of the election, as a secondary source of information for the investigation.
Evans said investigators were examining whether election improprieties in Fulton County amounted to violations of federal statutes governing the preservation of election records and the knowing deprivation of a fair election. The affidavit does not accuse any specific individual of wrongdoing.
The filing was unsealed by U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee after the chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and the county Board of Registration and Elections sued last week seeking the return of the seized ballots.
Federal prosecutors submitted the affidavit in support of a search warrant authorizing agents to seize physical ballots from the 2020 general election in Fulton County, including absentee ballots, as well as tabulator tapes from every voting machine and voter rolls documenting absentee, early, and Election Day voting.
Evans wrote that following the Nov. 3, 2020, election, “there were many allegations of electoral impropriety relating to the voting process and ballot counting in Fulton County, Georgia,” noting that while some claims had been disproven, others had been substantiated through admissions by the county.
“The tabulator machines used by Fulton County are designed to create and save a scanned image of each ballot,” Evans wrote. “Fulton County has admitted that it …
Fulton County FBI raid prompted by Trump 2020 election lawyer’s criminal referral
Confidence requires clarity.
A referral by a lawyer who assisted President Donald Trump‘s efforts to challenge his 2020 election defeat, Kurt Olsen, led to a recent FBI raid that seized 2020 election ballots from Fulton County, Georgia.
A newly unsealed 22-page affidavit by FBI agent Hugh Raymond Evans shows the FBI, during the Jan. 28 raid, sought a search warrant as part of a criminal investigation into whether alleged irregularities in Fulton County’s handling of the 2020 presidential election were intentional and violated federal law.
The Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center is seen Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Georgia, near Atlanta, as FBI agents search at the main election facility. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
“The FBI criminal investigation originated from a referral sent by Kurt Olsen, Presidentially appointed Director of Election Security and Integrity,” Evans wrote in the affidavit, which was filed in federal court in Atlanta and unsealed Tuesday. The affidavit also identifies Georgia State Election Board member Janice Johnston, a supporter of Trump who has questioned the county’s handling of the election, as a secondary source of information for the investigation.
Evans said investigators were examining whether election improprieties in Fulton County amounted to violations of federal statutes governing the preservation of election records and the knowing deprivation of a fair election. The affidavit does not accuse any specific individual of wrongdoing.
The filing was unsealed by U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee after the chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and the county Board of Registration and Elections sued last week seeking the return of the seized ballots.
Federal prosecutors submitted the affidavit in support of a search warrant authorizing agents to seize physical ballots from the 2020 general election in Fulton County, including absentee ballots, as well as tabulator tapes from every voting machine and voter rolls documenting absentee, early, and Election Day voting.
Evans wrote that following the Nov. 3, 2020, election, “there were many allegations of electoral impropriety relating to the voting process and ballot counting in Fulton County, Georgia,” noting that while some claims had been disproven, others had been substantiated through admissions by the county.
“The tabulator machines used by Fulton County are designed to create and save a scanned image of each ballot,” Evans wrote. “Fulton County has admitted that it …
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