Alabama Man Indicted Over Threats to Georgia Officials in Trump's Election Interference Case

Alabama resident Arthur Ray Hanson II accused of transmitting interstate threats to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Sheriff Patrick Labat prior to charges being filed against Donald Trump and 18 others for alleged election interference. Hanson is set to be arraigned on November 13.

Arthur Ray Hanson II, an Alabama resident, has been indicted over threats to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Sheriff Patrick Labat in Georgia, in relation to the case against Donald Trump and 18 others on charges of election interference.
Hanson threatened Willis and Labat prior to the charges being filed against Trump, warning Willis to 'watch her back when she was alone' and Labat against taking a mug shot of Trump.
The Alabama man made the alleged threats via a voicemail to the county government’s customer service line in early August, before Trump and his associates were formally indicted.
Willis led the Fulton County probe that resulted in charges against Trump and his co-defendants for their alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential elections results in Georgia.
Hanson's threats are part of a wider pattern of intimidation against officials involved in the investigation into Trump's conduct, which includes the behavior of his followers as well as threats and harassment directed at judges, prosecutors and witnesses involved in the case.
Hanson is set to be arraigned on November 13, and faces a potential sentence of up to five years imprisonment for each count of transmitting interstate threats to injure if convicted.

U.S. Department of Justice