FBI Deploys Hundreds of Analysts to Atlanta for 2020 Election Probe in Fulton County
The FBI has ordered field offices nationwide to assign up to 260 analysts to assist a priority investigation of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, with a deadline of July 17.
The FBI’s Directorate of Intelligence issued a memo directing every field office to send investigative analysts to Atlanta to support a "priority" investigation of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia. The directive seeks a total of 260 analysts, with larger offices contributing eight staff members each and smaller offices providing three to five. Each analyst is tasked with reviewing 708 records and completing the work by July 17.
Analysts assigned to the surge will perform typical tactical intelligence duties, including license-plate checks, open-source research, phone-analysis, subpoena preparation and review of subpoena returns. The memo does not specify the investigation’s details, but sources confirm it concerns the 2020 election probe in Fulton County.
The FBI previously obtained a search warrant in Fulton County, seizing physical ballots, machine-tape recordings, ballot images and voter rolls related to the 2020 contest. The county’s ballots have not been returned following a May court ruling.
"The surge support is intended to help evaluate thousands of records tied to the investigation," the memo states.
The move follows earlier reports that former President Donald Trump repeatedly alleged, without presenting evidence, that officials in Fulton County manipulated vote counts. Those claims have been rejected by multiple recounts and audits confirming President Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia.
