DOJ releases timeline of FBI raid on Fulton County election office

The Department of Justice released a timeline on May 2, 2026, detailing the January 28 FBI search of Fulton County, Georgia's election office, in which agents seized nearly 700 boxes of 2020 presidential election ballots and records. The warrant cited alleged violations of federal laws against destruction of election records; Fulton County officials sued for return of the materials. Georgia's attorney general and county officials called the raid politically motivated, and an unsealed affidavit later showed the warrant was based on debunked election-denier claims.