ATLANTA: The FBI has asked its field offices across the country to dedicate more than 200 staffers to its investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County. A memo obtained Thursday by The Associated Press calls for the FBI to “surge” 260 investigative analysts and staff operations specialists to the effort, which it described as a “priority investigation.” It said each of them is to conduct a check of an estimated 708 records by July 17.

The FBI is asking for analysts to help evaluate thousands of records for a "priority" investigation ordered by FBI Director Kash Patel.

The effort will add 260 personnel in Georgia for a probe of an election President Donald Trump has long alleged was “rigged.”