An Alabama man pleaded guilty to charges related to threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat over the prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
In federal court on Tuesday, Arthur Ray Hanson II pleaded guilty and told the judge he did not intend to threaten the officials with the phone calls, according to the Associated Press.
“I made a stupid phone call,” Hanson told the court. “I’m not a violent person.”
The prosecutor in the case, assistant U.S. Attorney Bret Hobson, said he would seek leniency for the defendant because of his admission to his actions, according to the outlet.
Hanson had made threats in voicemails to both officials on Aug. 6, 2023, just over a week before Trump was indicted in Fulton County, Georgia, on charges related to his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
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