Headline Roundup • January 29th, 2026
FBI Executes Search Warrant at Fulton County GA Elections Office
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Wednesday, the FBI carried out a search warrant at a Fulton County, Georgia elections office.
The Details: The search warrant was carried out at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, a new facility that was opened in 2023 to streamline election processes in the state. Fulton County was a focal point for concerns and complaints about voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, though the claims did not stand up in court. The Department of Justice, seeking to investigate "compliance with federal law," is now asking for access to the ballots related to the 2020 election. Fulton County is fighting the lawsuit. The action of the FBI comes only a week after President Donald Trump vowed that "people will soon be prosecuted" for their roles in the 2020 election.
Key Quote: "Our investigation into this matter is ongoing so there are no details that we can provide at the moment," the FBI said.
For Context: In 2023, Trump and several co-conspirators were indicted by a grand jury in Fulton County Superior Court over allegations that they engaged in racketeering in an effort to overturn the 2020 election results. The case never went to trial as Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified from prosecuting it. The indictment was dismissed in 2025 by the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, which said it would not be in the state's interest to prosecute the case.
How the Media Covered It: Several news outlets, mostly on the left, used the word "raid" instead of "executed a search warrant". Several other outlets were careful with their wording, describing it as a "search." Fox News (Right bias), after talking to a source at the FBI, is the one that reported that the raid was in relation to the 2020 election.
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Emilie Megnien/AP
The FBI said it executed a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office outside Atlanta on Wednesday amid President Donald Trump's renewed efforts to challenge the 2020 election.
An FBI spokesperson, Jenna Sellitto, said the agency was executing "a court authorized law enforcement action" at the county's main elections office in Union City, Georgia. She did not specify the objective of the search and described it as part of an ongoing investigation.
Georgia's secretary of state's office and Fulton County's elections offices did not immediately respond to requests for...
FBI agents were seen Wednesday carrying out a search at an election hub in Fulton County, Georgia, a location that became ground zero for concerns and complaints about voter fraud beginning in 2020.
Agents were seen entering the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, a new facility that state officials opened in 2023 that was designed to streamline their election processes.
It was not immediately clear what the FBI agents were investigating, but Fox News Digital is told the probe is related to the 2020 election.
FBI agents on Wednesday executed a search warrant seeking 2020 election records at the Fulton County, Ga., elections office south of Atlanta.
Agents executed "a court authorized law enforcement action" at the county's main office in Union City, according to an FBI statement obtained by NewsNation, The Hill's cable partner.
"Our investigation into this matter is ongoing so there are no details that we can provide at the moment," the statement reads.
The search warrant seeks 2020 election records, Fulton County spokesperson Jessica Corbitt-Dominguez told The Associated Press. She declined...
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