The FBI conducted a search at the Fulton County Election Hub in Georgia on January 28, 2026, targeting materials related to the 2020 presidential election. The action follows a Department of Justice lawsuit against the county for election records and comes amid ongoing scrutiny of voting procedures in the state. Officials confirmed the warrant pertains to the election Trump narrowly lost.
On Wednesday, January 28, 2026, FBI agents executed a search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Fairburn, just outside Atlanta, Georgia. The facility, opened in 2023 to modernize election operations, was the site of the court-authorized action focused on 2020 election materials. According to Fulton County officials, the warrant sought records from the 2020 presidential election, while reports indicated agents aimed to take custody of ballots from that year.
The FBI provided limited details, stating, "The FBI is conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity. No other information is available at this time." This raid aligns with a broader federal probe into alleged 2020 election interference in Georgia, where President Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden by under 12,000 votes. Biden's victory relied partly on a strong margin in Fulton County, which has faced repeated baseless fraud claims from Trump, including allegations of ballots being counted twice.
Last month, the Department of Justice sued the clerk of Fulton County superior and magistrate courts to obtain 2020 election documents, citing the need to verify Georgia's compliance with federal election laws under the Civil Rights Act. The suit followed a Georgia State Election Board subpoena, with a U.S. attorney general letter on October 30, 2025, demanding responsive records. A Fulton County judge denied the county's request to block the subpoena.
Fulton County recently admitted procedural violations in 2020, noting over 130 unsigned tabulator tapes for about 315,000 early votes and 10 missing tapes. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, defended the process: "Georgia has the most secure elections in the country and all voters were verified with photo ID and lawfully cast their ballots." He added, "A clerical error at the end of the day does not erase valid, legal votes."
The county has been central to election-related cases against Trump. In 2023, he was indicted on racketeering charges by District Attorney Fani Willis, but the case was dismissed after revelations of her relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade. Federally, Special Counsel Jack Smith indicted Trump on similar charges, calling Georgia "ground zero" for efforts to overturn the results through "knowingly false claims of fraud." Smith dismissed that case after Trump's 2024 election win. Last week at the World Economic Forum, Trump stated that "people will soon be prosecuted for what they did" regarding the 2020 election.
