Atlanta DA asks FBI for security assessment after Trump calls for protests over election probe

Published Mon, Jan 31 202211:40 AM ESTUpdated 11 Min Ago

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/31/atlanta-da-fani-willis-asks-fbi-for-security-help-after-trump-calls-for-protest.html

Atlanta’s district attorney asked the FBI to conduct a security-risk assessment of the city’s courthouse and an adjacent government center.

The request by Fani Willis, the top prosecutor in Fulton County, came a day after Donald Trump called on supporters to hold “the biggest protests we’ve ever had” in places where he is being investigated.

A judge recently approved Willis’ request to impanel a special grand jury for her probe of Trump for possible criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

The DA cited the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol in her request. That riot disrupted the confirmation of President Joe Biden as the election winner.