in atlanta were pulling ballots out of suitcases and committing election fraud when, in fact, the suitcases were just standard ballot containers with wheels. the allegation had already been debunked by the time trump mentioned it at a rally in december, on december 5th, leading the justice department official in charge of the unit that investigates voter fraud to push back against an attempt by the fbi to investigate. according to politico , the head of the public integrity section, corey eamonson, wrote in an e-mail, quote, secretary of state investigators have already conducted recorded interviews of the individuals at issue and such interviews reportedly revealed nothing to suggest nefarious activity with regard to the integrity of the election. the fbi re-interviewing those individuals at this point and under the current circumstances risks great damage to the department s reputation, including the possible appearance of being motivated