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‘Politically Georgia’ podcast: What’s next in Fulton County?

The AJC’s Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy talk continued reactions from Fulton County raid.
An FBI agent looks outside a window from the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, as the FBI conducts a raid. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Credit: Arvin Temkar/AJC

Credit: Arvin Temkar/AJC

An FBI agent looks outside a window from the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, as the FBI conducts a raid. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)
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Feb 4, 2026

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s senior political reporter Greg Bluestein is joined by columnist Patricia Murphy on Wednesday’s episode of the “Politically Georgia” podcast, as the pair discusses what’s next after last week’s FBI raid on a Fulton County election warehouse.

Murphy and Bluestein discuss the possibility of criminal charges and whether President Donald Trump’s allies will try to take over the county’s elections.

Then the duo talks about Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger breaking his silence about the raid. Raffensperger is a Republican candidate for Georgia governor.

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