Reuters reports:
Law-enforcement officers surrounded the Fulton County courthouse on Monday in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, amid closed roads and traffic barriers put up to boost security ahead of a possible indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
The front of the courthouse was lined with rows of orange plastic, water-filled Jersey barriers and steel crowd control barricades. Dozens of county sheriff’s deputies were stationed out front, and other deputies and Atlanta police drove marked cars in circles around the streets nearby.
Normally bustling streets outside the gray stone courthouse were largely empty, devoid of food trucks that normally serve breakfast and lunch to court workers, most of whom Willis had urged to work remotely as a grand jury decision loomed.
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Law-enforcement officers surrounded the Fulton County courthouse in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, amid closed roads and traffic barriers put up to boost security ahead of a possible indictment of former US President Donald Trumphttps://t.co/aOigIbNQVj pic.twitter.com/aJzroDeqS1
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Police in Atlanta have closed the street in front of the Fulton County Courthouse ahead of a possible indictment of Donald Trump.
DA Fani Willis has said she will announce a charging decision by Sept. 1 in the probe of Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 loss in Georgia. pic.twitter.com/MnE7MlMvuW
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