FBI Searches Fulton County Elections Office; Other News Developments Unfold
The FBI executed a search warrant Wednesday at an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, seeking ballots related to the 2020 presidential election, according to CBS News. Fulton County confirmed the search, stating that the FBI "sought a number of records related to 2020 elections." A state senator present at the scene told reporters that the FBI was looking for hundreds of boxes of ballots. Deputy FBI Director Andrew Bailey and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard were reportedly seen outside the elections office. A news conference with federal officials was initially scheduled but later canceled.
In other news, a federal judge in Minnesota temporarily barred the Trump administration from detaining refugees who do not yet have green cards. The temporary restraining order was brought about by the International Refugee Assistance Project and other organizations, on behalf of refugees who have been detained or fear detention. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim wrote, "Refugees have a legal right to be in the United States, a right to work, a right to live peacefullyand importantly, a right not to be subjected to the terror of being arrested and detained without warrants or cause in their homes or on their way to religious services or to buy groceries."
In Brooklyn, New York, a driver was taken into custody after crashing his car into Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters on Wednesday night, according to New York City police. No injuries were reported, but authorities are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said officers "heard a commotion in the building's main entrance" and witnessed the driver strike the rear door of the building, reverse, and strike it again.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent addressed his department's investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the administration's new "Trump Accounts" for children born during President Trump's second term in an interview with CBS News. Bessent explained that families with children born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028, would receive $1,000 from the government to be invested in an index fund.
Finally, a video surfaced showing 37-year-old Alex Pretti confronting federal immigration officers on a Minneapolis street 11 days before he was fatally shot in another encounter with Customs and Border Protection agents. A Pretti family representative confirmed the incident to CBS News, stating that Pretti sustained injuries but did not receive medical care. The video, recorded on January 13 and posted by The News Movement, shows Pretti kicking and damaging the taillight of a government SUV.
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