DOJ Claims of ‘Improprieties’ Spurred Georgia Ballot Seizure (3)

Feb. 11, 2026, 1:10 AM UTC

The FBI claims it seized voting records from a Georgia county due to alleged “improprieties” with the 2020 election, part of a probe that originated with a lawyer who helped President Donald Trump unsuccessfully challenge results of that race.

Information about the investigation was included in a US Justice Department filing in court that was unsealed Tuesday under order from a federal judge. The documents included an affidavit used to justify a court-ordered search warrant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s raid on a Fulton County, Georgia, elections center in late January.

“This warrant application is part of an FBI ...

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