giving the time line. it s an eight-week period in july going through the end of august when those charging decisions would be announced. and the reason is this concern over security. so this letter doesn t say that donald trump himself will be indicted. that is something that remains to be seen. the grand jury will have to look at. but there s a clear sub text here that donald trump supporters may be quite angry. here is what willis writes in her letter. open source intelligence has indicated the announcement of decisions in this case may provoke a significant public reaction. she goes on, we have seen in recent years that some may go outside of public expressions of opinion that are protected by the first amendment to engage in acts of violence that will endanger the safety of our community. as leaders, it is incumbent upon us to prepare she s not mentioning january 6th itself but obviously she s investigating the leadup to that event, the capitol riot. that seems to be a nod there
trump himself for those actions. now, the reason we are learning this is because district attorney fani willis sent letters to several members of local law enforcement in georgia, essentially alerting them that they may have a security concern. this coming in what is called the courts fourth quarter in fulton county, georgia, that would be specifically july 11th to september 1st of this year. so, that s when those indictments could be announced. willis writes in her letter, i am providing this letter to bring to your attention the need for heightened security and preparedness in the coming months due to this pending announcement. she specifically talked about the criminal investigation into interference in the georgia 2020 general election. she also writes open source intelligence has indicated the announcement of decisions in this case may provoke a significant public reaction, and then she signals that there are acts of violence that have taken place that would be outside first amend
we do know this district attorney is already getting law enforcement ready, signaling to them that charges would come in the court s fourth quarter. that would be specifically july 11th to september 1st. we know this because the georgia district attorney fani willis wrote a letter to the sheriff of fulton county writing, i m pro is vieding this letter for the need to heightened security in the coming months. she writes open source intelligence indicated the announcement of decisions in this case may provoke a significant public reaction. she then goes on to write about how public expressions of opinion have resulted in violence in the past. she s not specific about that, but if we are looking at this case, we know donald trump has been investigated here. we know there s the possibility that the grand jury under seal recommended charges to be brought by this prosecutor, and we do know that both in new york
might be trying to obtain an indictment against the former president and his allies she s also asking law enforcement officials to be prepared for protests and other potential threats of violence around the fulton county courthouse regarding her decision let me read that part of her letter it says open source intelligence has indicated the announcement of decisions in this case may provoke a significant public reaction we have seen in recent years that some may go outside of public expressions of opinion that are protected by the first amendment to engage in acts of violence that will endanger the safety of our community. as leaders it is incumbent upon us to prepare. the open source intelligence, the internet, the comments section, i mean, tell me about the very real and pragmatic considerations that have to be made to protect not just the d.a. but any juries that are involved, any reporters covering