Nov 2020 – Biden wins Georgia by just over 12,000 votes after a hand recount, marking the first Democratic statewide victory since 1992; courts and multiple audits uphold the result despite Trump’s repeated, unsubstantiated fraud claims. [1]

Aug 2023 – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicts Donald Trump and 18 co‑defendants for an alleged conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election, creating a high‑profile legal battle. [14]

Nov 2023 – A federal judge dismisses the Fulton County indictment, citing an appearance of impropriety stemming from the DA’s romantic relationship with a hired prosecutor, thereby halting the case. [14]

2024 – Independent monitors report that Fulton County’s election administration shows “marked improvement,” describing the 2024 general election as “organized and orderly.” [23]

2025 – Trump returns to the White House and a pending federal indictment against him ends; he also pardons more than 1,000 individuals convicted in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. [1, 16]

Jan 28, 2026 – FBI agents execute a court‑authorized search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub in Union City, loading roughly 700 boxes of ballots, tabulator tapes, electronic images and voter rolls onto trucks for analysis at the agency’s Records Complex in Virginia. [10]

Jan 28, 2026 – Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey appear on site; Gabbard later states she is “coordinating election‑security intelligence” under her statutory authority. [10, 23]

Jan 29, 2026 – Fulton County Commissioner Mo Ivory posts that agents seize about 700 ballot boxes, calling the raid “an assault on your vote,” while Democratic leaders label the operation a “seismic event.” [14, 23]

Jan 30, 2026 – ODNI officials assert that protecting election integrity falls within Gabbard’s duties, and Trump tells CNN that Gabbard is “working very hard to try to keep the election safe,” hinting that “interesting things” will emerge from the investigation. [9]

Jan 31, 2026 – Gabbard attends the FBI‑executed search, prompting Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold to denounce the visit as “election denialism conspiracy BS,” while Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray welcomes a meeting. [8]

Feb 2, 2026 – Fulton County attorneys file a motion in the Northern District of Georgia invoking Rule 41(g) to compel the return of the seized ballots and to unseal the warrant affidavit; Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. demands forensic accounting and limits on the warrant’s scope. [7]

Feb 2, 2026 – The Trump administration urges Republicans to “nationalize the voting” in Georgia as a response to the FBI raid and pushes to end a partial government shutdown that has affected nearly a million federal workers. [5, 6]

Feb 2, 2026 – President Trump unveils “Project Vault,” a $12 billion critical‑minerals reserve funded by the Export‑Import Bank and private investors, and announces a two‑year Kennedy Center renovation beginning July 4. [5, 6]

Feb 3, 2026 – Gabbard writes to intelligence committees that Trump specifically asked her to attend the Fulton County search and that she facilitated a brief speaker‑phone call allowing him to thank the agents, a call that includes no investigative directives. [17, 4]

Feb 3, 2026 – Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche first downplays Trump’s involvement, then praises the president’s “talks to law enforcement all week long,” while White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says Trump “tapped” Gabbard to oversee election sanctity. [3, 4]

Feb 4, 2026 – Fulton County files a sealed federal lawsuit demanding the return of the 700 seized ballot boxes and the unsealing of the warrant affidavit, with Chairman Robb Pitts warning that the president’s personal interference threatens the rule of law. [11]

Feb 5, 2026 – Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at the raid sparks a legal and political debate; she cites “broad statutory authority” to coordinate election‑security intelligence, while senior counter‑intelligence experts tell CNN the DNI lacks legal power over FBI searches. [2]

Feb 5, 2026 – Fulton County seeks a court order to retrieve the seized 2020 ballots, arguing the FBI lacked authority to take physical ballots, and Trump tells NBC News he will accept Republican losses only if the vote count is “honest.” [16]

2026 midterms (future) – Trump’s “nationalize voting” push aims to shape the November 2026 congressional elections, and the administration reportedly weighs voting‑related executive orders to further that goal. [13, 16]