New court filing slams Trump DOJ’s election raid as 'woefully short' on evidence
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
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Fulton County has accused the Trump administration of violating the Constitution and lacking probable cause in the FBI's raid on an election center, with revised filings stating that evidence is "woefully short" of showing wrongdoing, according to Politico's Josh Gerstein.
The county is demanding the return of 2020 ballots seized by the FBI, with legal experts like David Becker, founder of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, expressing confusion over how a judge signed off on the warrant, citing a lack of probable cause and no allegation of intent.
The raid has sparked allegations of an attempt to fabricate a pretext for federal interference in Georgia elections, with the county arguing that the government's actions would have to be willful to be considered crimes, and no such claim or proof exists, as reported by Gerstein on X.
