FBI directing hundreds of analysts to dig into Georgia election probe subjects, sources say

Key Points:

• The FBI is intensifying efforts on a "priority" investigation into the 2020 Georgia election, mobilizing intelligence analysts to work overtime and involving personnel from all field offices, totaling 260 intelligence officials.
• The investigation aims to find derogatory information and build a case by examining associations, social media, business activities, travel, and contacts of subjects, following a search warrant executed in January that seized over 600 boxes of election-related records.
• The search warrant was based on claims largely debunked by previous investigations and originated from a referral by Kurt Olsen, a White House official supporting Trump’s election fraud allegations; the investigation has faced judicial criticism but continues.
• The FBI's special agent in charge in Atlanta resigned before the search, and the involvement of then-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who facilitated Trump’s phone contact with agents during the search, has drawn Democratic criticism.
• Justice Department officials maintain that investigations are not influenced by presidential interests, despite concerns over the targeting of Trump’s political adversaries.