2026年2月10日 / 美国东部时间上午11:57 / CBS新闻
佐治亚州一家联邦法院解封了与上月联邦调查局（FBI）从富尔顿县查获2020年选举材料相关的关键记录。此前，富尔顿县上周提起紧急诉讼，试图重新掌控数千份文件。
1月29日，联邦调查局在富尔顿县选举办公室执行搜查令，试图获取选票，作为对2020年总统选举调查的一部分。
上周，富尔顿县委员会主席罗布·皮茨（Robb Pitts）和该县选举登记委员会提起诉讼，要求归还650多个装有2020年选举相关材料的箱子，但案件及相关文件最初被封存。
周六，美国联邦地区法官J.P.布利（J.P. Boulee）下令，本案的法庭文件需在周二工作日结束前解封，包括该县要求归还文件的动议，以及作为突击搜查法律依据的完整执法宣誓书。不过，该宣誓书尚未解封。
该县要求”归还所有原被查获材料”，并请求布利下令指示政府”在本案解决前，保留但不审查任何查获材料的副本”。
联邦调查局的搜查令要求获取富尔顿县2020年选举的”所有实体选票”，以及计票机录音带、选票图像和选民名册。
根据富尔顿县官员在另一民事案件中提交给联邦法院的搜查令副本，该局似乎正在调查涉嫌违反两项联邦法律的行为。
其中一项法律规定，选举官员通过提交欺诈性选票或选民登记申请来恐吓选民或剥夺其公平选举权利属犯罪行为。另一项法律要求选举官员保留联邦选举记录22个月。
搜查令由联邦治安法官签署，这在刑事案件中很常见。当局必须向法官证明有合理根据才能签署搜查令。
搜查令上列出的司法部律师是托马斯·阿尔布斯（Thomas Albus），他是密苏里州东部地区的代理美国检察官。周二上午，阿尔布斯正式在佐治亚州法院卷宗上登记姓名，表明他将领导司法部在本案中的法庭诉讼。目前尚不清楚为何由阿尔布斯而非佐治亚州司法部律师领导此案。
富尔顿县是佐治亚州关键的民主党票仓，特朗普总统及其盟友声称2020年总统选举被窃取，其虚假指控正是围绕该州选举结果展开。这些至今均无事实依据的指控包括：称存在大规模选民欺诈导致乔·拜登在该州以微弱优势获胜。
去年12月，司法部对富尔顿县法院书记员提起民事诉讼，要求法官强制移交2020年选举相关文件。司法部指控该县在提起诉讼前未移交这些材料。该县已提出驳回诉讼，理由是司法部获取这些记录没有合法理由。
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/video/fulton-county-election-records-judge-orders-search-warrant-to-be-unsealed-by-tuesday/
Court unseals more records in Fulton County suit over FBI’s seizure of 2020 election documents
February 10, 2026 / 11:57 AM EST / CBS News
A federal court in Georgia unsealed key records related to the FBI’s seizure of 2020 election materials from Fulton County last month, following an emergency lawsuit filed by the county last week that seeks to regain control of thousands of files.
On Jan. 29, the FBI executed a search warrant at a Fulton County elections office, seeking to take ballots as part of an ongoing investigation into the 2020 presidential election.
Last week, Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts and the county’s Board of Registration and Elections sued to compel the return of over 650 boxes containing the 2020 election-related materials, but the case and related filings were initially sealed.
On Saturday, U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee ordered the court documents in the case to be unsealed by close of business Tuesday, including the county’s motions to return the documents and to unseal the full law enforcement affidavit that served as the legal basis for the raid. That affidavit has not yet been unsealed.
The county asked for the “return of all original seized materials” and asked Boulee for an order instructing the government “to maintain, but not review, any copies of the seized materials until this matter is resolved.”
The FBI’s search warrant for the raid sought “all physical ballots” from the 2020 election in Fulton County, as well as tapes from vote-tabulating machines, ballot images and voter rolls.
According to a copy of the search warrant that was filed in federal court by Fulton County officials in a separate civil matter, the bureau appears to be investigating potential violations of two federal laws.
One of those laws makes it a crime for elections officials to intimidate voters and to deprive them of a fair election by submitting fraudulent ballots or voter registration applications. The other law requires election officials to retain federal election records for 22 months.
The warrant was signed by a federal magistrate judge, which is typical in criminal cases. Authorities must show probable cause to a judge before they sign off on a warrant.
The Justice Department lawyer listed on the search warrant was Thomas Albus, interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. On Tuesday morning, Albus formally filed his name on the court docket in Georgia, indicating he will be leading the Justice Department’s court proceedings in the case. It’s unclear why Albus is leading the case, and not a Justice Department attorney from Georgia.
Fulton County is a key Democratic stronghold in Georgia, and President Trump and his allies’ false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him centered on the election results there. The allegations, all unfounded to date, included claims that there was widespread voter fraud that led to Joe Biden’s narrow win in the state.
In December, the Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against the Fulton County clerk of courts, asking a judge to force the handover of the 2020 election-related documents. The department alleged that the county had failed to hand over the material before the lawsuit was filed. The county has moved to dismiss the suit, arguing that the Justice Department did not have a legitimate reason to obtain the records.
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/video/fulton-county-election-records-judge-orders-search-warrant-to-be-unsealed-by-tuesday/
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