"There could be few more well-trod hallmarks of authoritarianism than control over electoral processes to get the results that the ruler wants,"
"It's a five-alarm fire,"
David Laufman once oversaw counterintelligence investigations for the Justice Department and held senior positions in the Bush, Obama, and first Trump administrations. FBI agents searched an election-office warehouse in Fulton County, Georgia, confiscating ballots and other materials. Federal law enforcement veterans and local election officials described the action as ominous and a crossing of a sacred line. Officials expressed alarm that such federal involvement could politicize election administration and undermine safeguards that have kept U.S. voting free of interference. Some officials compared the operation to a hostile takeover or occupation and warned it could threaten the integrity of future elections, including 2026.
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