As federal authorities were preparing to announce their indictment of former President Donald Trump, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was sent a disturbing racist threat that she forwarded to Fulton County commissioners along with two warnings: “Stay alert” and “Stay safe.”
Willis and her team have just concluded their investigation into whether Trump attempted to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia. A federal grand jury agreed Tuesday that he should be charged with four offenses related to those actions nationwide.
The leading Republican presidential candidate is facing charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States “by using dishonesty, fraud and deceit to obstruct the nation’s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election” and conspiracy to impede the Jan. 6 congressional proceeding. He was also indicted for a conspiracy against the right to vote and to have that vote counted and obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct and impede, the certification of the electoral vote.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution released a copy of a threat calling Willis the N-word and a “Jim Crow democrat whore.” Willis has said this threat is just par for the course she’s already on. She has received several others in the past.
“I am also aware of some equally ignorant voicemails coming in both to the county customer service and my office,” Willis told commissioners in an email. “I expect to see many more over the next 30 days.”
This comes after Willis announced that she was prepared to announce potential charges come Sept. 1.
“The work is accomplished. We’ve been working for two-and-a-half years. We’re ready to go,” Willis said. “Some people may not be happy with the decisions that I’m making. And sometimes, when people are unhappy, they act in a way that could create harm.”
At the same time, a judge undercut Trump’s bid to quash Willis’…
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