Debunked claims from election deniers influenced FBI raid in Georgia, affidavit reveals
by Sam Levine in New York and George Chidi in Atlanta from World news | The Guardian on (#73FQ7)
The 28 January raid of the Fulton county election office also came after a referral from a White House lawyer
The FBI's rationale behind raiding the Fulton county election office in Georgia last month was based on debunked claims from election deniers and came after a referral from a White House lawyer who tried to overturn the 2020 election, a search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday reveals.
The warrant offers the first insight for the basis for the FBI's 28 January raid on the Fulton county election office. FBI officials seized nearly 700 boxes of election materials in the raid.
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