Judge orders search warrant for Georgia FBI raid unsealed

Published February 8, 2026 7:02pm ET



A federal judge has ordered the search warrant affidavit justifying the FBI‘s raid on a Fulton County, Georgia, election facility last month to be unsealed.

The FBI raided the election facility on Jan. 28 after securing a search warrant, seizing physical ballots, tabulator tapes, electronic ballot images, and voter rolls generated during the 2020 election at the building. Fulton County has since sued the Trump administration to get the files back, arguing their seizure was illegal.

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