Fulton County appears to be the newest victim of Trump’s long-running retribution campaign. The raid was as much about the next election as the one six years ago. More recently, ICE launched a large-scale operation in the state last week, which led to more than 200 arrests. Bellows sees a connection between the DOJ’s demands for state voter rolls, ICE operations in Minnesota and Maine, and the seizure of ballots in Fulton County. “They seem intent on trying to influence the outcome of 2026,” she says, “because they fear accountability by the voters.”