January 28-29, 2026: Trump's FBI seized 700 boxes of original 2020 ballots from Fulton County, Georgia—an apparently unprecedented action. The next day, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, whose presence at the raid the top Democrats on the congressional intelligence committees questioned, arranged a phone call between Trump and the FBI agents who conducted the raid. Trump personally ordered Gabbard to travel to Atlanta for the operation.
On speakerphone from the FBI Atlanta office, Trump gave agents a 'pep talk,“ praising and thanking them for raiding the election office in a county he lost. Senator Mark Warner called Gabbard's involvement evidence of 'utter lack of fitness for office,” and legal experts warn Trump's direct contact with investigators may taint any future prosecutions. This represents direct White House coordination of federal law enforcement targeting election systems based on Trump's debunked fraud claims.
Correction (October 2, 2026): This entry described Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard as “illegally present” at the raid. No court or official finding has established that, and the cited reporting says only that her presence drew questions, including from the top Democrats on the intelligence committees. The description now says so.