Security barriers were erected outside of the Fulton County courthouse on Thursday, as the third indictment looms for former President Donald Trump in Georgia.
The video of the barricades, posted by New Yorker staff writer in Atlanta, Charles Bethea, has sparked further talk online of the legal challenges Trump could face in August.
Footage shows rows of massive bright orange barricades along the sidewalk outside the main entrance of Georgia courthouse, dividing the street and obstructing the stairs to get in.
The barricades continue past the courthouse steps and can be seen along a distant intersection.
‘Barricades erected outside the Fulton County courthouse now,’ Bethea wrote on Twitter. ‘Looks like preparation for some big legal news …’
The barricades appeared as District Attorney Fani Willis prepares to announce her decision to spring a third indictment against Trump in connection to his alleged attempts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election as part of a years-long investigation.
Security barriers were erected outside of the Fulton County courthouse on Thursday, as the third indictment looms for former President Donald Trump in Georgia
Donald Trump’s legal team asked the Supreme Court of Georgia to block the investigation into his attempts to overturn the 2020 vote. The Supreme Court declined to take up the case last week
Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, is investigating Donald Trump’s actions in the state of Georgia in 2020
Last year, Willis opened the criminal investigation ‘into attempts to influence the administration of the 2020 Georgia General Election.’
Last week, Georgia’s Supreme Court declined to take up Donald Trump’s request to block an investigation into his efforts to overturn the state’s results in the 2020 election.
Trump’s legal team sought an intervention by the Supreme Court, arguing that the district attorney was using grand juries incorrectly.
They wanted them to block the investigation currently being carried out by Willis.
She has signaled that indictments could be handed down in the next few weeks in the election-related probe as a grand jury convenes to consider possible charges.
The nine-member court unanimously decided against blocking the investigation.
Trump’s lawyers claim that Willis violated Georgia’s rules governing grand juries in various ways, such as using one grand jury to investigate, and then presenting the evidence to another.
The video of the barricades, posted by New Yorker staff writer in Atlanta, Charles Bethea, has sparked further talk online of the legal challenges Trump could face in August
‘Barricades erected outside the Fulton County courthouse now,’ Bethea posted on Twitter. ‘Looks like preparation for some big legal news …’
Footage shows rows of massive bright orange barricades along the sidewalk outside the main entrance of Fulton County courthouse in Georgia, dividing the street and obstructing the stairs to get in
The court, in its decision, said they could not criticize Willis’ work and accused Trump of trying to find a way around the existing courts – which have not yet ruled on his attempt to end the inquiry.
‘The Court has made clear that a petitioner cannot invoke this Court’s original jurisdiction as a way to circumvent the ordinary channels for obtaining the relief,’ the justices wrote, in the five-page opinion.
‘Petitioner has not shown that this case presents one of those extremely rare circumstances in which this Court’s original jurisdiction should be invoked, and therefore, the petition is dismissed.’
On Thursday, Trump faced new charges Thursday in a case accusing him of illegally possessing classified documents, with prosecutors alleging that he asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct a federal investigation into his records.
The new indictment includes extra charges of obstruction and willful retention of national defense information, adding fresh detail to a criminal case issued last month against Trump and a close aide.
The Florida charges came as a surprise at a time of escalating anticipation of a possible additional indictment in Washington over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The latest allegations also make clear the vast, and still not fully known, scope of legal exposure faced by Trump as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024 while fending off criminal cases in multiple cities.
The barricades continue past the courthouse steps and can be seen along a distant intersection
Poll workers are seen in Fulton County, Georgia, on January 5, 2021
