An Alabama man was sentenced to more than a year in prison after he left threatening voicemails against two Georgia officials who are investigating and prosecuting former President Donald Trump for possible election crimes, the Justice Department announced this week.
A U.S. District Court judge in Georgia sentenced Arthur Ray Hanson II, of Huntsville, Alabama, to 21 months in federal prison for phoning the threats in August 2023 against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Sheriff Patrick Labat. Federal prosecutors said Hanson referred to Trump as “my president” in the calls left at the Fulton County Government customer service line and warned the two officials they would face violence if they didn’t stop investigating Trump.
Hanson made the threats nearly one week before Trump and 18 others were indicted by a Georgia grand jury on the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act in attempting to overthrow Georgia’s results of the 2020 election for Trump. Federal prosecutors said Willis and Labat increased security for themselves and their families due to threats since the indictment…