Nearly half of all voters are independents and they agree on one thing -- the status quo isn't working. (Paul Richards/AFP via Getty Images)
The FBI's decision to order the raid remains unclear, adding further uncertainty as to why Trump may have tapped Albus.
But the scope of the case is significant. Fulton County officials told reporters this month that FBI agents were seen carrying some 700 boxes of ballots from a warehouse near the election hub and loading them into a truck.
More answers could be revealed soon. The judge assigned to rule on Fulton County's motion ordered the Justice Department to file by 5 p.m. Tuesday the arguments it made in its effort to obtain the search warrant.
But it's unclear how much information will be revealed as many of the documents are widely expected to remain under seal.
Still, the installation comes as Fulton County emerged as "ground zero" for complaints about voter fraud in the wake of the 2020 presidential elections, including from Trump, who lost the state to former President Joe Biden by a razor-thin margin.
And while it's not the first time Trump's Justice Department has sought to assign prosecutors to issues outside their district lines, unlike other efforts, the legality of Albus's role in the district is likely to be upheld.
Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly tapped Albus last month to oversee election integrity cases nationwide, according to multiple news outlets.
The DOJ did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment on the nature of his role in Georgia or elsewhere.
Under federal law — 28 U.S. Code § 515 — Bondi has the legal authority to appoint an individual to coordinate civil and criminal cases, including grand jury proceedings, across all federal districts nationwide.
Albus also spent years as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Justice Department, where he helped prosecute hundreds of federal cases and jury trials, including on charges of white-collar crime, tax offenses, public corruption, and more.
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Lindsey Halligan, attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, holds ceremonial proclamations in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 6, 2025. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Legal experts have cited differences between Halligan's role and Albus's role, which appears to enjoy wide protection under federal law.
"Unlike Halligan, Albus’ appointment appears to be lawful under a federal statute that permits the attorney general to direct ‘any other officer of the Department of Justice’ to ‘conduct any kind of legal proceeding, civil or criminal ... whether or not he is a resident of the district in which the proceeding is brought,’" Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. attorney and University of Michigan Law School professor, said in a Bloomberg op-ed.
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"But sidelining Atlanta U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg in favor of Albus is concerning nonetheless — especially given his ties to Trump allies."
Breanne Deppisch is a national politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI and other national news. She previously covered national politics at the Washington Examiner and The Washington Post, with additional bylines in Politico Magazine, the Colorado Gazette and others. You can send tips to Breanne at Breanne.Deppisch@fox.com, or follow her on X at @breanne_dep.
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