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BumRushDaShow

(174,310 posts)
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:47 AM 7 hrs ago

FBI analysts fired after refusing to join Georgia 2020 election probe

Source: MS NOW News

Jul. 11, 2026, 5:08 PM EDT


Two Atlanta-based FBI intelligence analysts were fired last week after refusing to participate in the Trump administration’s investigation of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election, three people familiar with the matter told MS NOW.

The analysts, a husband and wife, told colleagues they did not believe the investigation was justified under FBI and Justice Department policies, the people said, adding that the couple was escorted out of their office. The FBI neither confirmed nor denied that the two analysts were fired.

“The FBI will always investigate credible allegations of matters related to federal elections,” an FBI spokesperson told MS NOW. “Every employee at this FBI is to uphold our mission and adhere to our standards, any deviation will not be tolerated.”

As MS NOW first reported on July 2, FBI Director Kash Patel has directed that about 260 intelligence analysts from around the country devote time to what a memo called a “priority investigation,” in Atlanta. Multiple sources said it was the probe into the 2020 election in Georgia, which Joe Biden won by nearly 12,000 votes.

Read more: https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-kash-patel-trump-georgia-2020-election

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FBI analysts fired after refusing to join Georgia 2020 election probe (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago OP
"... adding that the couple was escorted out of their office." Roy Rolling 5 hrs ago #1
trump just keeps beating that poor dead horse Bayard 39 min ago #2

Roy Rolling

(7,774 posts)
1. "... adding that the couple was escorted out of their office."
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 06:16 AM
5 hrs ago

Patel Drama queens. I expect whoever “escorted these employees” will be fired and similarly “escorted” to a court to determine their personal degree of culpability from performing criminal MAGAt actions.

We’ll be “just doing our job”.

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