Alabama man pleads guilty to threatening Georgia prosecutor and sheriff over Trump election case

An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and a county sheriff last summer because of the pending indictment of former President Donald Trump. Arthur Ray Hanson II entered his plea in Atlanta on Tuesday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Hanson of Huntsville, Alabama, told the federal judge: “I made a stupid phone call. I'm not a violent person.” Prosecutors say Hanson left the phone messages for Willis and Sheriff Patrick Labat a week before Trump was indicted on Aug. 14 on charges of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Hanson will be sentenced at a later date.