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FBI orders field offices to send analysts to Atlanta for 2020 election investigation, sources say
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- The FBI is intensifying its investigation into the 2020 election results in Fulton County, Georgia, by mobilizing 260 investigative analysts from field offices nationwide to Atlanta to review thousands of records by July 17.
- A memo from the FBI's Directorate of Intelligence designates this probe as a priority under FBI Director Kash Patel, though it does not specify the investigation's exact nature; multiple sources confirm it relates to the 2020 election in Fulton County.
- Analysts assigned to this task will perform detailed casework including reviewing subpoena returns, phone analysis, and open-source checks, focusing on 708 records each.
- The investigation follows allegations by former President Trump of election fraud in Georgia, claims that have been refuted by recounts and audits confirming Joe Biden's victory.
- Earlier FBI actions include a search warrant in Fulton County that seized ballots, vote-tabulating machine tapes, and voter rolls, with the case referred by a DOJ lawyer previously involved in efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.
