By Erin Banco, Phil Stewart and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - A lawyer leading efforts to bolster U.S. President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 presidential election was "stolen" pushed a U.

Top U.S. intelligence agencies are cooperating with Kurt Olsen, who worked with Trump to undermine the results of the 2020 election.

President Trump has repeatedly alleged widespread voter fraud in U.S. elections, claims that have not been backed by evidence.

WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has taken a leading role in probing alleged fraud in the 2020 presidential election, culminating earlier this week in a raid with FBI agents of a Georgia polling office,

An FBI search of the elections hub in Fulton County is part of an investigation into possible “deficiencies or defects” in the vote count in 2020.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told CNN this morning that the FBI's seizure of Fulton County, Georgia's 2020 election ballots was authorized by a warrant provided by a federal grand jury as part of a criminal investigation into election fraud.

President Donald Trump’s call to “nationalize” elections and continued false claims of fraud are defining races this year for offices that oversee the voting process in key battleground states