FBI agents express concern about potential involvement in election disruption Several FBI agents have reportedly expressed fear that they may be asked to seize voting machines or ballots to disrupt the upcoming election. The agents are concerned about violating federal law, which prohibits federal law enforcement officers from entering polling places armed, except in cases of an active crime.
This law has been in place since 1865, following President Abraham Lincoln's decision to send Union troops into polling places in Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware during the Civil War. The agents are also worried about the precedent set by a 2020 raid on a Georgia election office, where FBI agents carried out a search with a warrant obtained by the Trump administration.