Debunked claims secured Fulton warrant

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Ryan Goodman

@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

PSA for magistrate judges

"FBI search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday shows that a criminal investigation into 2020 election results in Fulton County, Ga., was set off by a leading election denier in the Trump administration and relied heavily on claims ... that have been widely debunked."

Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated With Election Denier in Trump White House

www.nytimes.com

February 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM

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Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
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🎓 Mary L. Dudziak	27%	14	10.1%
🎓 Ann Bartow	22%	10	7.0%
🎓 Robert C. Richards	9%	30	4.9%
🎓 David R. Miller	7%	21	3.2%
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Anna Bower

@annabower.bsky.social

BREAKING: The supporting affidavit for the warrant to search Fulton County election records has been unsealed.

Read it via @lawfaremedia.org:

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

February 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM

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Marc Elias

@marcelias.bsky.social

NEW: The unsealing of the FBI’s search warrant affidavit for its raid of a Fulton County, Georgia, election facility prompted swift condemnation from voting rights advocates, election experts and former federal officials. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘An absolute travesty': Critics slam affidavit behind Fulton raid for relying on 2020 election lies

The affidavit reinforced fears that the FBI’s seizure was not about uncovering new evidence but about resurrecting a false narrative.

www.democracydocket.com

February 11, 2026 at 1:33 AM

by Ryan Goodman Reposted by Robert C. Richards

43%

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Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
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🎓 Robert C. Richards	9%	30	4.9%
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Ryan Goodman

@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

The FBI's Affidavit used to obtain the warrant for Fulton County ballots "instead of relying on the official transcript ... repeated an erroneous claim made by MAGA conspiracists."

From this thread by Tom Joscelyn, an analyst who has followed these matters closely⤵️

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 16h

1. The FBI affidavit used to seize ballots and other materials from the 2020 election in Fulton County relies on debunked conspiracy theories. For example, it isn’t true that Fulton first “reported” 511,343 ballots and then “reported” 527,925. I’ll explain.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

February 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM

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Tom Joscelyn

@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social

1. The FBI affidavit used to seize ballots and other materials from the 2020 election in Fulton County relies on debunked conspiracy theories. For example, it isn’t true that Fulton first “reported” 511,343 ballots and then “reported” 527,925. I’ll explain.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

February 10, 2026 at 9:56 PM

Reposted by Hannah Walker, David Darmofal, Mark D. White , and 1 more Hannah Walker, David Darmofal, Mark D. White, Greg Linden

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🎓 David Darmofal	10%	11	3.3%
🎓 Mark D. White	5%	29	2.7%
🎓 Greg Linden	2%	23	1.0%
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Ari Berman

@ariberman.bsky.social

Affidavit for Fulton County FBI raid is out & begins with massive red flag, noting that "criminal investigation originated from referral sent by Kurt Olsen, [Trump's] Director of Election Security & Integrity"

Olsen was leader of 'Stop the Steal' in 2020 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

February 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM

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by Brendan Nyhan

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by Ryan Goodman

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Ryan Goodman

@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

3/ "Clark D. Cunningham, a law and ethics professor at Georgia State University:

“Mere suspicion is not enough to justify a search warrant,” he said. “There’s nothing in the affidavit that indicates probable cause that any person acted with criminal intent.”

February 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Melissa Johnson, David R. Miller

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🎓 Melissa Johnson	9%	15	3.5%
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Joyce White Vance

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

Reading the Fulton County affidavit now, which seems to say more about “if” there was probable cause than establishing that there actually is. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM

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by Craig Calhoun

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Philip Bump

@pbump.com

So a Trump attorney that aided his 2020 campaign (and wrote a memo encouraging Pence to skip counting electoral votes) was given an "election integrity" job in the administration, where he made a referral to investigate Fulton County. 1/2

February 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM

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Joyce White Vance

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

The Fulton County search warrant affidavit has been unsealed by a federal judge. Read about what’s in it, and more importantly, what’s not. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Fulton County: What's In The Warrant?

Hint: Everything but probable cause

open.substack.com

February 11, 2026 at 3:34 AM

Reposted by David R. Miller

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The Washington Post

@washingtonpost.com

Breaking news: The FBI relied heavily on previously debunked claims of widespread election irregularities in Georgia as it persuaded a federal judge to sign off on plans to seize 2020 voting records from Fulton County, court documents show.

FBI cited debunked claims to obtain warrant for Fulton County vote records, documents show

The FBI told a federal judge that it is investigating whether any “deficiencies” in Georgia officials’ handling of the 2020 presidential election were intentional.

www.washingtonpost.com

February 10, 2026 at 11:36 PM

Reposted by Robert C. Richards

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Lawfare

@lawfaremedia.org

The supporting affidavits for the FBI's warrant to search the Fulton County election office—where agents seized 700 boxes containing ballots and other documents related to the 2020 election—have been unsealed. Read the affidavits, from @tylermcbrien.com.

Fulton Co. Election Office Search Warrant Affidavits Made Public

The release followed Judge J.P. Boulee’s order to unseal the docket on Feb. 7.

www.lawfaremedia.org

February 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM

Reposted by Christina Pagel

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Trump Action Tracker

@trumpactiontracker.bsky.social

The FBI’s rationale behind raiding the Fulton county election office in Georgia last month was based on debunked claims from election deniers and came after a referral from a White House lawyer who tried to overturn the 2020 election, a search warrant affidavit unsea...

TAT: [Undermining Democracy]

Debunked claims from election deniers influenced FBI raid in Georgia, affidavit reveals

The 28 January raid of the Fulton county election office also came after a referral from a White House lawyer

www.theguardian.com

February 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM

Reposted by Dean Baker

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