"On Monday, the New York Times reported a bizarre and shocking update to news of an FBI raid last week on a Georgia election office: It turns out that immediately after the federal raid, the FBI officers involved spoke directly with President Donald Trump. To say that this is unusual would be an understatement-it is without precedent. It has long been known that the 2020 election in Georgia is a personal obsession of Trump's,"
"One big question looming over this entire episode, though, is why-of all the states where Trump falsely claimed there was fraud in 2020-has Georgia become ground zero for the president ahead of the 2026 midterms that election experts feel are potentially threatened by Trump's latest actions? We think we have a few answers. Those answers have to do as much with 2026 as they do with 2020."
"Georgia's race for governor is considered a toss-up, though Republicans have consistently held the job since 2002. Polling has shown the top Republican contenders are Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones. Trump has endorsed Jones, who served as a fake elector in 2020 and was tied up in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' election interference investigation, which charged Trump and several co-conspirators with a criminal conspiracy to steal Georgia's 2020 election."
FBI officers spoke directly with President Donald Trump immediately after a federal raid on a Georgia election office, an action described as unprecedented. Trump maintains an obsession with the 2020 Georgia election and is actively intervening in the state's election system. Georgia has become a focal point because of lingering 2020 disputes and stakes in the 2026 midterms. A major motivation is influence over Republican primaries: the competitive governor's race features Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones. Trump endorsed Jones, who served as a fake elector in 2020 and is tied to Fani Willis' election-interference probe. Raffensperger has been a longtime personal target of Trump.
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