FBI Fires Two Analysts Who Questioned 2020 Georgia Election Probe

The FBI dismissed two analysts last week after they expressed concerns that the investigation into the 2020 election results in Fulton County, Georgia, was thin on evidence and appeared politically motivated, CBS News reported. The bureau executed a search warrant earlier this year and seized all physical ballots from 2020, along with tapes from vote-tabulating machines, ballot images and voter rolls.

It ordered 260 analysts to help review the materials.

An FBI spokesperson stated that the bureau will always investigate credible allegations related to federal elections and that every employee is expected to uphold its mission. Analysts face a July 17 deadline to complete their work. Each is reviewing several hundred entries in a spreadsheet containing names, addresses and voter IDs, then cross-checking the data against the commercial database Accurint, sources with knowledge of the matter told CBS News.

The probe was referred to the FBI by Kurt Olsen, who now works for the Justice Department in Miami on a separate investigation. A judge in May denied Fulton County's request to return the seized ballots. Earlier this month, another judge quashed a grand jury subpoena that sought names and contact information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in the county.