The FBI has significantly intensified its investigation into the handling of the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, deploying personnel from field offices across the country to assist with an extensive review of evidence tied to the case.

According to multiple sources familiar with the effort, the bureau has instructed FBI offices nationwide to send intelligence analysts to Atlanta as part of a large-scale operation. An internal memo obtained by CBS News shows that the FBI’s Directorate of Intelligence requested the additional manpower to support what it identified as FBI Director Kash Patel’s “priority” investigation. Although the memo does not specifically identify the case, sources confirmed it pertains to the ongoing Fulton County 2020 election investigation.

The directive requires every FBI field office to contribute analysts, with the bureau aiming to assemble a team of 260 personnel. Under the plan, larger offices are expected to provide eight analysts, while medium and smaller offices must assign between three and five. Each analyst has been tasked with reviewing 708 records, with the entire project scheduled for completion by July 17.

The analysts being assigned are part of the FBI’s tactical intelligence teams, whose responsibilities generally include investigative support such as conducting database searches, reviewing phone records, analyzing subpoena responses, performing open-source research, running license plate checks, and assisting agents with other routine investigative tasks.

MS Now was the first news outlet to report on the nationwide deployment of analysts.

President Trump has long maintained that serious irregularities occurred during the 2020 election in Fulton County, alleging that ballot totals were manipulated and claiming that votes were cast by deceased individuals, nonresidents, and other people who were not legally eligible to vote. He has not publicly presented evidence substantiating those claims.

After losing Georgia by 11,799 votes, President Trump repeatedly asserted that the election had been “rigged.” However, the state’s results were reaffirmed through both a machine recount and a statewide audit that included a hand recount of ballots in every Georgia county, with both processes confirming Joe Biden’s victory.

Earlier this year, FBI agents executed a search warrant in Fulton County, taking possession of all physical ballots from the 2020 election, along with ballot images, voter rolls, and data tapes from vote-counting machines. Fulton County, which includes Atlanta, played a decisive role in Biden’s narrow statewide victory.

The investigation originated from a referral by attorney Kurt Olsen, who previously worked on legal efforts challenging the outcome of the 2020 election. Olsen now serves with the Justice Department in Miami, where he is involved in investigating what has been described as the “grand conspiracy” examining whether officials from the Obama and Biden administrations coordinated efforts to prevent President Trump from returning to office.

In May, a judge rejected Fulton County’s request to have the seized ballots returned while the investigation remains underway.

The FBI declined to comment on the investigation.

{Matzav.com}