By Jana Winter and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The FBI searched an election office in Georgia's Fulton County outside Atlanta on Wednesday, pursuing U.S. President Donald Trump's false claims that his 2020 election defeat was the result of widespread voting fraud.

July 2025: The State Election Board renews its investigation of Fulton County’s 2020 election and requests the Justice Department’s help. October 2025: In a letter, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon seeks a slew of records previously requested by the State Election Board.

The president has continued to question the state's 2020 election results.

President Donald Trump lobbed unsubstantiated accusations and ranted about the media as he vowed to take action against “fraudulent” polling. Trump, 79, went after multiple news organizations, including his beloved Fox News,

The search at Fulton County's main election facility in Union City appeared to be the most public step by law enforcement to pursue President Trump's claims of a stolen election, grievances rejected time and again by courts and state and federal officials.

Fulton County has been under scrutiny since 2020, when it became the center of President Donald Trump's election fraud claims in the state.

Celebrities including Kristen Stewart, James Cameron and Rosie O'Donnell followed through on attempts to move out of the country to oppose the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump criticized a political opponent who is widely seen as a presidential hopeful in the 2028 election during a recent interview.