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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

FBI raided Georgia election office over 2020 ‘defects’ on command of Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer

The FBI raided an elections office in Georgia and seized ballots from the 2020 presidential election in connection with a federal investigation into “deficiencies or defects” into Donald Trump’s loss in the state, according to newly unsealed documents.

An affidavit for the search signed by a judge last month reveals that the investigation followed a referral from Trump’s former campaign-linked attorney Kurt Olsen, who is now working in the White House directly under the president.

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