The FBI is increasing staffing for its investigation into the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, according to an internal memo reported by multiple outlets. The memo directs FBI field offices to “surge” personnel to support the agency’s ongoing work related to the election outcome in which President Donald Trump lost Georgia. The effort is described as a “priority investigation.”
NBC News and ABC News report that the FBI is calling for more than 250 personnel to be dedicated to the probe, while The Guardian reports a more specific figure: 260 investigative analysts and staff operations specialists. The Guardian also notes that the staffing push follows January actions by FBI agents in which hundreds of boxes containing Fulton County ballots were seized, and the memo calls for additional analysts in response.
The outlets base their accounts on information from sources and the memo itself, as cited in reporting. The reports do not indicate what specific allegations or investigative steps the additional staff will support, beyond assisting with the existing Fulton County-related investigation.
