Dem shreds former Republican leader's defense of Trump's latest FBI raid

By Robert Davis
Published February 2, 2026 10:54 PM ET

Things got heated on CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" on Monday when a former Republican lawmaker and a former aide in the Clinton White House clashed over President Donald Trump's raid of an election office in Georgia last week.

Trump's FBI, accompanied by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, raided the Fulton County election hub last week with a warrant to seize all data, physical and digital, from the 2020 general election. Trump has consistently claimed that he won Georgia during the election, even though he felt compelled to call Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and demand that he "find" 11,780 votes.

The raid alarmed election experts and lawmakers. Fulton County Commissioners called the operation an "attack on your vote." Others have suggested that the raid signals Trump is likely to interfere in the 2026 midterm election.

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