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class=\"single-article__category\"> <a class=\"single-article__category-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/fulton-county-election-raid-trump-administration-backlash\/\"> <span>Election Security<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> State election officials pressed White House officials for their legal rationale and expressed concern about the impact of similar raids tied to the 2026 elections. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/87606\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" 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https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-5.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\"><figcaption> Ballots arrive at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center on election night on November 5, 2024 in Fairburn, Georgia. The FBI carried out a raid on the Fulton County election offices (Photo by Megan Varner\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"80.533300565249\"><body readability=\"163.35570023917\"><\/p>\n<p>Following a federal raid on Fulton County, Georgia\u2019s Elections Office, lawmakers and state election officials sharply criticized the Trump administration, accusing the White House of chasing baseless internet conspiracy theories about fraud in the 2020 election. Officials also warned the raid could set a precedent for similar federal actions targeting the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fulton County, federal officials seized 700 boxes of records related to the 2020 election, including physical ballots. The search warrant detailing a full list of records and evidence sought by the federal government remains sealed, however, details of the warrant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/fbi-fulton-county-voting-records-search-warrant\">were published by ProPublica<\/a> Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference Thursday, Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections Chair Sherri Allen said the county was already planning to hand over the information at a court hearing scheduled for early February. Meanwhile, Fulton County Commission Chair Robb Pitts expressed concerns about ballot security now that the ballots are no longer in county custody.<\/p>\n<p>At the National Association of Secretaries of State winter conference, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., said the federal raid should be a reminder \u201cthis can happen any point between now and this coming November.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He also took a shot at the Trump administration\u2019s state voter data collection efforts and the White House\u2019s plan to conduct voter list maintenance \u201cat the federal level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublican and Democratic secretaries: How does that make you feel about what they think about your integrity and professionalism?\u201d Padilla said. \u201cThose are your offices, your staff and teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jared Borg, a White House aide at the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, gave a speech Thursday detailing how the Trump administration is repurposing the federal SAVE database as a voter citizenship verification tool. The database was historically used to track immigrant benefits, and Borg said the DOGE-led overhaul of SAVE in 2025 came in response to requests from states for better functionality to cross-check voters. Previously, SAVE charged states $1 for each name lookup and did not allow bulk searches. Now, Borg said, state officials can run \u201cmillions of queries at no cost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, Borg faced numerous questions and criticisms from state secretaries and officials who challenged the federal government\u2019s role in setting election rules.<\/p>\n<p>Some Republican state officials, like Utah Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson, pushed back hard against the Trump administration\u2019s approach with election officials, pointing to comments from Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThings that have been said publicly, frankly, are quite appalling,\u201d said Henderson, who oversees elections in her state. \u201cShe pretty much slandered all of us, and to me that\u2019s problematic, to publicly claim that Secretaries of State are not doing our jobs and the federal government has to do it for us. That is not okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes told CyberScoop that he believes the federal government\u2019s efforts are to serve \u201cthe grievance of one person, because he\u2019s a sore loser, and it\u2019s embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is outrageous that we\u2019re still relitigating what happened six or seven years ago from a guy who is currently president of the United States,\u201d Fontes said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>While he\u2019s confident in the integrity of Arizona\u2019s elections should a similar federal raid occur, Fontes noted the \u201cenormous amount of power\u201d prosecutors have. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can do enormous damage to the integrity of systems, to the trust that people have in systems, to personal lives, and they can do it through this purportedly legal framework,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Borg said Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, along with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, would provide further details on the administration\u2019s plans during appearances at the conference on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard\u2019s presence at the Fulton County raid has puzzled and alarmed veterans of ODNI\u2019s election team and Democratic lawmakers. Among the concerned lawmakers is Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va, who sits on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee, which oversees ODNI. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an election office in Fulton County?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarkWarner\/status\/2016722913420845333\">asked<\/a> Warner, who has long focused on election security issues, from boosting federal funding for states to replace outdated equipment and coordinating with ODNI\u2019s election threats team.<\/p>\n<p>By law, ODNI and its election team are supposed to focus on foreign threats from abroad, such as disinformation campaigns and hack-and-leak operations carried out by hostile governments. Under the Biden administration, the office had a defined process for investigating, vetting and communicating intelligence about ongoing foreign threats to victims. The office also periodically updated Congress and the public about campaigns, including where they originated, what resources were being deployed and who was being targeted.<\/p>\n<p>In these briefings, officials deliberately used neutral language and avoided partisan messaging to prevent the process from appearing politicized.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One possible rationale for Gabbard\u2019s presence: right-wing media has circulated conspiracy theories that claim foreign countries like Venezuela, China or Italy conspired with the CIA and other federal agencies to remotely hack into U.S. voting machines. After U.S. forces raided Venezuela and removed President Nicolas Maduro from power, Trump retweeted a post about one such theory called \u201cHammer and Scorecard.\u201d Weeks earlier, Trump had suggested he intended to pursue prosecutions for election fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/26\/nx-s1-5688964\/minnesota-data-bondi-letter\">directly connected<\/a> ongoing immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota to the administration\u2019s push to collect sensitive voter data from states\u2013\u2013either voluntarily or through lawsuits. The administration and some states have used this data to aggressively challenge the eligibility of legally registered voters. These challenges often target voters over minor paperwork errors that are decades old. Experts overwhelmingly say such errors have no meaningful impact on voters\u2019 active registration status. <\/p>\n<p>The administration has sued dozens of states, but <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/federal-court-dismisses-trump-doj-lawsuit-seeking-california-voter-data\/\">has lost<\/a> repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/federal-judge-dismisses-doj-lawsuit-seeking-oregon-voter-rolls-rcna256069\">in court<\/a>. Multiple federal courts have ruled that the DOJ\u2019s demands as legally baseless and are an unconstitutional overreach by the executive branch.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, 26 Senate Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.padilla.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/26.01.29-Follow-Up-Letter-to-DOJ-re-Voter-Rolls-Requests-FINAL.pdf\">demanded<\/a> briefings from Bondi and other administration officials to answer questions about the data gathering efforts. The senators noted that courts have already thrown out the administration\u2019s lawsuits in Oregon and California. Meanwhile, 11 states\u2013including Texas\u2013have provided the administration with voter data, which has \u201cdramatically increased\u201d the amount of voter information flowing to the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile most states are resisting this illegal voter roll grab, we are gravely concerned by the amount of sensitive data the Department has already amassed on millions of American voters,\u201d the senators wrote. \u201cThe Department has failed to provide Congress, or the public, any information on how it is maintaining this vast amount of data, the guardrails in place to protect state voter information, how the data is to be used, or who in the federal government has access to this sensitive data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.2209492635025\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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The Department of Justice is suing Fulton County, Georgia and its election clerk over the county\u2019s refusal to hand over voter records, part of a larger nationwide project to collect as much election and voter information as possible from state and local governments ahead of the 2026 and 2028 elections. (Photo by Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\" readability=\"4.5061224489796\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/doj-sues-fulton-county-georgia-over-2020-voter-data\/\"> DOJ sues Fulton County over 2020 voter data <\/a> <\/h3>\n<p> Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who is running for governor next year, has long maintained that the state\u2019s 2020 and 2024 election results were secure, fair\u2026 <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. Johnson <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/trump-moves-to-pardon-colorado-election-clerk-tina-peters-even-though-he-cant\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-3.jpg?resize=252%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-7.jpg 6960w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-7.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-7.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-7.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-7.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-7.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-7.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-7.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-7.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-7.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-7.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> SEDALIA, CO \u2013 JUNE 28: Mesa County Clerk and Colorado Republican candidate for secretary of state Tina Peters reacts to early election returns during a primary night watch party at the Wide Open Saloon on June 28, 2022 in Sedalia, Colorado. Peters, one of many election deniers Trump has sought to shield from legal consequences, is serving a nine-year state prison sentence that can\u2019t be nullified by a presidential pardon. (Photo by Marc Piscotty\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/trump-moves-to-pardon-colorado-election-clerk-tina-peters-even-though-he-cant\/\"> Trump moves to pardon Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, even though he can\u2019t <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. Johnson <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/government-data-mining-has-gone-too-far-ai-will-make-it-worse\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"243\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-4.jpg?resize=243%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-8.jpg 4965w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-8.jpg?resize=300,208 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-8.jpg?resize=768,531 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-8.jpg?resize=1024,708 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-8.jpg?resize=1536,1063 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-8.jpg?resize=2048,1417 2048w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-8.jpg?resize=600,415 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-8.jpg?resize=243,168 243w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-8.jpg?resize=487,337 487w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-8.jpg?resize=976,675 976w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-election-officials-blast-trump-administration-after-fulton-county-raid-8.jpg?resize=1218,843 1218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> A digital privacy group says agencies are collecting too much data on Americans and using AI tools to make connections that may not be valid. 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