Georgia elections raid comes week after FBI replaced top agent: AP source

FBI agents walk outside the home of the former White House national security adviser John Bolton as it is searched by FBI, in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., August 22, 2025. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis

The FBI raided an elections office in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, but last week it replaced the top agent in the field office.

According to the report, "agents were seen entering the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center ... Fox News Digital is told the probe is related to the 2020 election."

The Associated Press noted that its top agent, Paul W. Brown, was pushed out after being appointed less than a year earlier.

Brown, who had been in charge of the Mobile, Alabama office, was tapped in February of 2025 to oversee the office of more than 500 staff.

Citing "people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity," the Associated Press said that it wasn't immediately clear why Brown was removed, but less than a week later, the local field office was part of the raid of the elections office.

Brown joined the FBI in 2006 and was promoted to supervisory special agent in 2012, where he served in the Counterterrorism Division at FBI Headquarters, Fox 5 Atlanta reported last year.

Just last month, the Department of Justice sued the Fulton County clerk after the office refused to turn over 2020 election documents.

The DOJ claimed that they need the records from 2020 to “[ascertain] Georgia’s compliance with various federal election laws.”

The statement also promised that despite changes in Georgia election laws since 2020, Attorney General Pam Bondi needs those records to help the State Election Board with its “transparency efforts under Georgia law.”

Conservatives on the State Election Board have tried to reopen a case about the 2020 election for years. They passed a resolution requesting help from the DOJ.

In the past, the Justice Department has removed officials who refused to do as Washington told them when that conflicted with the law or expert opinions. In one case, the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia was forced out after refusing to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. He was replaced with Lindsey Halligan, who was one of President donald Trump's former personal attorneys. Trump then ordered Bondi to move "now" against James and Comey, The New York Times reported in September.

Read the full report here.

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