Sources: FBI fires 2 analysts who raised concerns about Georgia 2020 election probe
The two analysts expressed concerns that the 2020 election investigation in Fulton County, Georgia, was thin on evidence, sources said.
The firings follow the FBI's efforts to review thousands of records obtained earlier this year, after executing a search warrant and seizing "all physical ballots" from 2020, as well as tapes from vote-tabulating machines, ballot images and voter rolls. The bureau ordered 260 analysts to help sift through the ballots and voting data.
"The FBI will always investigate credible allegations of matters related to federal elections," an FBI spokesperson told CBS News. "Every employee at this FBI is expected to uphold our mission and adhere to our standards - any deviation will not be tolerated."
The firings were reported earlier by MS Now .
The FBI analysts face a July 17 deadline this week to complete their work, CBS News previously reported.
Sources with knowledge of the matter told CBS News that each analyst is being asked to review several hundred entries in a large spreadsheet that contains information such as names, addresses and voter IDs.