Trump Continues False Election Fraud Claims About Fulton County Amid FBI Seizure of 2020 Ballots

Donald Trump persisted in making debunked claims about election fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, despite no evidence supporting these allegations. The claims came as the FBI, under Trump's administration, seized 656 boxes of 2020 election documents from Fulton County warehouses. According to The New York Times, FBI officers spoke directly with Trump immediately after the raid. Georgia officials characterized this as an attempt to undermine confidence in the 2026 midterm elections rather than a legitimate investigation of 2020. Trump has fixated on the heavily Democratic county since narrowly losing Georgia to Joe Biden in 2020. The seizure represents a weaponization of federal law enforcement to pursue long-debunked conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.

"This is not about 2020. This is about undermining the 2026 election." — Statement from Georgia election officials responding to the FBI seizure and Trump's renewed election fraud claims about Fulton County