FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that federal agents executed a court-authorized search warrant at a Fulton County, Georgia, election facility as part of an ongoing investigation, stating the action was taken after a judge determined there was probable cause.

Patel addressed the matter during an exchange with Kayleigh McEnany, who asked about reports that the FBI had obtained access to ballots, ballot images, and voter rolls at the Fulton County election hub.

“Director Patel, I want to start with the news, and the news is out of Fulton County, Georgia. I know this is an ongoing investigation, but the FBI, on Wednesday, did obtain a search warrant to look at this Fulton County Election hub to access physical ballots, electronic ballot images and voter rolls. Is there anything you can share at this moment?” McEnany asked.

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Patel said the investigation followed standard FBI and Department of Justice procedures and was carried out under judicial oversight.

“Hey, Kayleigh, it’s great to be with you. Look like any other investigation. The FBI follows the facts in the law, and President Trump and the Attorney General have given us clear mandate to reduce crime in this country and investigate anything that rises to level of probable cause,” Patel said.

He explained that the warrant was the result of an extensive investigative process involving multiple interviews and evidence gathering.

“And what we did the FBI with our partners at the Department of Justice, let out on an effort, an extensive effort, to conduct interviews in an investigation which led us to a probable cause to be delivered to a judge who found probable cause for us to execute that search warrant, which you saw and the nation saw yesterday,” Patel said.

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Patel said agents carried out the search in accordance with the warrant and collected materials approved by the court.

“And what we did was what we do in any other investigation. We went in there, we followed the rules of the search warrant. The FBI and the DOJ went in and collected numerous pieces of evidence that the judge authorized us to collect,” he said.

Patel said investigators are now reviewing the materials obtained during the search and that the inquiry remains active.

“And what we’re going to do next is go through the voluminous amounts of information collected and continue our investigation. At this point, there’s not much more I can say publicly, because we have to go through a lot more material, but it was predicated upon a finding of probable cause by a judge in Georgia,” Patel said.

McEnany said coverage of the Fulton County investigation would continue and then shifted the discussion to allegations of fraud in Minnesota that have drawn national attention.

“We’ll continue to follow it. I want to move to the fraud that we have seen in Minnesota. Saturday in America has been all over this, interviewed David Hoke multiple times. Was in that Nick Shirley video that drew the nation’s attention to fraud in Minnesota. How long has the FBI under President Trump been on this?” McEnany asked.

Patel said the FBI’s focus on such matters began early in the Trump administration and referenced his own involvement in Minnesota.

“With President Trump’s leadership, he’s been on this since day one, and let me rewind you back to the spring or summer of last year where I was on the ground in Minnesota,” Patel said.

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