FBI Chief Out After Questioning DOJ Push On Fulton County Election Probe

The special agent in charge of the FBI’s Atlanta field office was forced out this month after questioning the Justice Department’s renewed push to probe Fulton County’s role in the 2020 election, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The sources told MS NOW that Paul Brown was ousted after raising concerns about the FBI’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s longstanding allegations of voter fraud in the Atlanta-anchored county.

Brown also refused to conduct searches and seizures of records related to the 2020 election, according to sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The FBI executed a search warrant on Wednesday at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center near Atlanta as part of a criminal investigation into records from the 2020 presidential election.

Authorities seized 700 boxes related to Fulton County’s 2020 general election.

Brown was appointed to oversee all investigations and personnel in Georgia last February.

The Associated Press reported that the FBI moved to replace Brown last week.

Trump has repeatedly amplified the claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him in Georgia despite multiple audits, recounts, and court rulings confirming that Joe Biden won the state’s electoral votes.

Fulton County Chairman Robb Pitts called the investigation a distraction and an intimidation tactic by the Trump administration.

“Any honest review of these files will show what every previous review has shown,” Pitts said.

“Fulton County elections are fair and lawful, and the outcome of the 2020 election will not change,” he added.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche addressed election integrity during a news conference on Friday, but did not directly comment on the Georgia investigation.

“Election integrity is important to this administration,” Blanche said.

Georgia state Sen. Greg Dolezal released new information this week alleging widespread irregularities in voter registrations in deep blue Fulton County, raising renewed questions about the accuracy of the county’s voter rolls.

Georgia law requires voters to register using their primary residential address and prohibits the use of P.O. boxes, commercial mailboxes, or nonresidential locations. In a video posted online, Dolezal said a review of the county’s January voter rolls revealed numerous registrations tied to locations that do not qualify as lawful residences.

According to Dolezal, 70 individuals were registered at a single UPS store in Fulton County. Another 96 voters were registered at a second UPS store. He also said 19 voters were registered at an abandoned home.

Dolezal said an additional 138 voters were registered at an address operated by the virtual mailbox business Physical Address. He also identified approximately 1,900 voters registered at a homeless shelter located near the Georgia State Capitol.

In another case, Dolezal said 70 voters were registered at a homeless shelter that closed nearly a decade ago.

Dolezal also claimed that thousands of individuals on the voter rolls are listed with birth years of either 1800 or 1900, which he said raises concerns about whether those voters can be properly identified or verified.

Much of the background research cited by Dolezal was conducted by Jason Frazier, who said placeholder birth years are often used when an individual does not know or provide a valid date of birth.

Frazier said that, without a verifiable birth date, election officials may be unable to confirm whether a registrant is legally eligible to vote.

He also said his review of the data identified hundreds of duplicate registrations, including multiple variations of the same voter’s name tied to a single address.

Dolezal said the responsibility for maintaining accurate voter rolls rests with Fulton County election officials.

“The Fulton County registrar, this is their job,” Dolezal said. “They are the ones that are supposed to keep the voter rolls clean. It’s always Fulton County, and Fulton County has got to get their act cleaned up.”

Fulton County has been the focus of repeated election-related scrutiny in recent years, particularly following the 2020 presidential election.