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Stephen Fowler

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The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

I see 2020 comma six, because that's how long it has been dealing with the claims of election fraud in the presidential election.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

And Georgia has been one of the places where Trump has focused on his loss and the effort to overturn the loss and the effort to hold people accountable

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

for not overturning it for him.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

And this is the culmination of that, or the latest culmination, I should say.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

Earlier this week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation rolled up to the Fulton County Elections Warehouse just outside of Atlanta.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

They had a search warrant, and they took about 650-ish boxes of ballots, of tabulation tapes, of other documents related to the 2020 election that were sitting in a warehouse.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

It is a search warrant that has an FBI affidavit attached to it.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

That affidavit is under seal.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

The FBI, when we ask them for comment and confirmation, declined to answer any questions.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

But if you look at the search warrant, there are two different federal statutes mentioned.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

One deals with the destruction of property.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

public records related to elections after a two-ish year period, and the other deals with counting and tabulating fraudulent ballots that you allegedly know are fraudulent.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

So those are some clues.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

It's important to zoom back five plus years to the 2020 election

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

There were a number of claims about how Fulton County ran its election that were based in conspiracies, based in false claims.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

There was everything from allegations of suitcases of ballots being brought out from under the table to a fake water main break to claims that any vote that wasn't cast in person on Election Day was probably fake and not tied to a person.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

None of those things are true.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

And the nebulous nature of this raid and the silence afterwards, it's kind of part of the point because there has been this mystique around the 2020 election.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

And, you know, like Trump said, people will soon be prosecuted for what they did.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Another government shutdown looms -- what you need to know

What people?