Fulton County officials are sounding a national alarm this week, claiming that the FBI’s seizure of 700 boxes of election records—supervised by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard—points to a much broader federal agenda.
Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Board of Commissioners Chairman Rob Pitts described the presence of the nation’s top intelligence official at a local warehouse as a “sinister” development that transcends a simple records request.
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“This leads me to believe—and any rational thinking person—that there’s something bigger than just the FBI confiscating the records they took,” Pitts said.
He noted that federal agents took original 2020 ballots and files without providing the county with copies or an inventory of where the materials were being moved. The move prompted the county to file an emergency motion in federal court today, seeking the immediate return of the records and the unsealing of the sworn statement used to justify the search warrant.
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While the Trump administration argues her presence was necessary to investigate potential foreign “vulnerabilities” in electronic voting systems, local leaders and Democratic lawmakers see a dangerous precedent.
Pitts warned that the federal intervention in Georgia is a “national” issue, suggesting it lays the groundwork for a federal takeover of local election infrastructure.
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Gabbard defended her actions in a letter to Congress, stating she acted under her statutory authority to protect election security at the President’s personal request. She even facilitated a brief phone call between President Trump and the agents on-site to thank them for their work.
However, for Fulton County, the breach of the chain of custody and the lack of transparency have turned a legal dispute into what Pitts calls a threat to the autonomy of elections across the United States.
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