FBI search of Georgia offices tied to probe of possible 2020 election ‘defects,’ affidavit says

By KATE BRUMBACK and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — The FBI obtained a search warrant to seize hundreds of boxes of ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia, as part of a criminal investigation into possible “deficiencies or defects” in the vote count in the 2020 contest lost by President Donald Trump, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday.

The affidavit provides the first public justification for an FBI search last month that targeted a county that...