Justice Department press release: “Arthur Ray Hanson, II, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on charges of transmitting interstate threats to injure Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat because of their connections to the Fulton County, Georgia, investigation of former President Donald Trump. Hanson made his initial appearance in federal court in Huntsville and will be formally arraigned in Atlanta on November 13, 2023.”

“According to US Attorney Buchanan, the indictment, and other information presented in court: On August 6, 2023, Arthur Ray Hanson called the Fulton County Government customer services line twice and left two voicemails – the first for Sheriff Labat and the second for District Attorney Willis.”

“During both calls, Hanson threatened violence against the officials. In his message for the Sheriff, Hanson made statements that included: ‘if you think you gonna take a mugshot of my President Donald Trump and it’s gonna be ok, you gonna find out that after you take that mugshot, some bad shit’s probably gonna happen to you,’ ‘if you take a mugshot of the President and you’re the reason it happened, some bad shit’s gonna happen to you,’ ‘I’m warning you right now before you fuck up your life and get hurt real bad,’ ‘whether you got a fucking badge or not ain’t gonna help you none,’ and ‘you gonna get fucked up you keep fucking with my President.’ In Hanson’s message for the District Attorney, he made statements that included: ‘watch it when you’re going to the car at night, when you’re going into your house, watch everywhere that you’re going,’ ‘I would be very afraid if I were you because you can’t be around people all the time that are going to protect you,’ ‘there’s gonna be moments when you’re gonna be vulnerable,’ ‘when you charge Trump on that fourth indictment, anytime you’re alone, be looking over your shoulder.'”