President Donald Trump or his supporters could also face posse charges right here in Fulton Coy for Election interference 1111, Joe Ripley is live at the Fulton County Courthouse for us this evening. Joe. And within the last 15 minutes, I actually reached out to Fulton County District Attorney Fonnie Willis's office to see how this latest federal indictment againt the former president might impat the timing of proceedings here in this separate Fulton County election probe specifically loog into alleged efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results. Now this federal indictment coming at a time when we do expt possibly in a matter of days, charges could come down against the former president and his allies in anticipation of that. We heard from Fulton
County Sheriff Pat Labatt on the security
preps underway. If an indictment came
to date, we would be ready, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labott says. He has the manpower and resourcs at his disposal should a grand y decide to indict former Presidet Donald Trump or his supporters. Fulton County DA Fonnie Willis s spearheading the investigation o their alleged roles in
trying to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential elen results. Our focus
is to be proactive about really securing our goal s to have all of the services thae normally have open and operatio. At the same time, create a safe and safe environment for those that that we actually service. Orange barricades around the Fulton County Courth, 11 Alive also noticed more police in the area today, with the DA indicating possible indictments could come anytime between now and August 18th. The sheriff would not go into detail on his security plan, but said it requires
keeping defendants, witnesses, jurors, judges, attorneys and the general public in and out of the courthouse sa. Labott noted they're investigating dozens of threats. DA Willis and judges have received via e-mail, phone calls and text messages, and if charges come against Trur his allies related to the elect, they would undergo the same treatment as anyone else. Unless someone tells me differe, we are. We are following our part our our normal practices, and so it doesn't matter
your status, we we have mug shots ready for . We spoke with the sheriff
about 45 days ago. one-on-one, he told
me he sent deputies down to Florida as well
as to New York, where the former president faced arraignments there. He says it's likely those deputs could also travel to Washington, DC, just to learn how they will handle the proceedings as this all unfolds. All right, Jo, thank you so much for
that update here.
