Officials in Fulton County, Georgia, attempted to dismiss a subpoena from the Georgia State Board of Elections, claiming that delivering “approximately 750 boxes” of materials would be excessively burdensome. However, during an FBI raid on January 28, federal agents left with 656 boxes (or 653, according to one count), prompting a senior Georgia election official to question the discrepancy.
“That’s almost 100 boxes of evidence,” Janice Johnston, vice chair of the Georgia State Election Board. She went on to reference one county affidavit that only estimated “over 700 boxes” at the county elections hub the FBI raided in December. She said, “Even 50 [extra] boxes would be a lot of evidence.”
A rough estimate cannot justify such a significant discrepancy in numbers found in an affidavit or court filings, Johnston stated. The State Election Board has since submitted a records request to the Fulton County Board of Elections, seeking information on materials delivered or removed from storage in the four weeks leading up to the FBI raid.
“Fulton County is effectively the person of interest in this case,” Johnston said. “We are not assured that everything was available.”
The FBI has taken possession of materials related to the 2020 election, which included ballots, tabulator tapes, and images from a recount, as reported by Georgia Public Broadcasting, referencing court documents that validated the search warrant. Notably, Johnston pointed out that approximately 370,000 ballot images are currently unaccounted for.
“Someone is LYING to the FBI and COURTS!! Ballot Images WERE required to be kept in the 2020 ELECTION in Georgia!!” she wrote in a separate X post.
