Trump Finally Achieves His Ambition To Seize the Voting Machines (Or, at Least, Their 2020 Tabulator Tape)

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The search was, indeed, related to the 2020 election, according to a sweeping search warrant that surfaced hours after the raid. During that phone call, Trump asked Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn President Biden’s victory in the 2020 election in Georgia. In an interview with the New York Times earlier this month, Trump expressed his regret over not using the National Guard to seize voting machines during the 2020 election. Here’s a refresher on some of the most prominent conspiracy theories that focused on Fulton County following the 2020 election, and the theatrics they inspired. ‘Ballot Harvesting’There were also rumors about supposed ballot harvesting in Fulton County in 2020.