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UPDATE/SCOOP: An FBI affidavit used to seize 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County omitted key findings from state investigators that undercut many questions about wrongdoing, an @npr.org analysis finds. Read the Secretary of State's office investigative reports:

The FBI did not reach out to state investigators for copies of prior investigations, 2 sources familiar with the ongoing probe who were not authorized to speak publicly tell NPR. Includes finding of some errors, but errors that "do not affect the accuracy" of 2020 results.

The FBI investigation is focused on five alleged "deficiencies or defects" with Fulton County. Of the five, NPR's review of investigative files found only one that was "partially substantiated" by law enforcement who are trained election investigators.

I'll also point out - I've covered Georgia's voting laws and systems (and Fulton issues) deeper than just about anyone else for 8+ years, trained as a poll worker + was present on the ground for all of this... thank you to those trying to election-splain!

Rossi's complaint matches the description of a redacted Witness 1 in the affidavit, which highlights the fact that investigations were opened, but not the conclusion that almost all of the claims were unfounded.

Another report investigating Fulton County's hand count found that complaints about mismatched tallies of ballots misunderstood the purpose of the risk-limiting audit, which is to confirm the winner of the election, rather than an exact count of votes.