


Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis asked judges to refrain from in-person hearings for parts of August, the latest indication that the public can expect charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election results to drop sometime in late summer.
Willis sent a letter asking judges to limit in-person hearings for two weeks in August, fitting within the time frame that Willis presented to law enforcement to warn them of violence or civil unrest following the announcement of charges.
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“I respectfully request that judges not schedule trials and in person hearings during the weeks beginning Monday, August 7 and Monday, August 14,” Willis said in the letter obtained by the New York Times.
Willis also asked for several remote days for her staffers in the first three weeks of August.
“This remote work will reduce the number of Fulton County District Attorney’s office staff in the Fulton County Courthouse and Government Center by approximately 70%,” Willis continued.
She added that some of her staff, including her "leadership team" and "all armed investigators," would continue to work full-time during the remote work periods.
The letter was sent to Fulton County officials, judges, and local law enforcement leaders.
Willis alerted law enforcement officials in April that she would likely announce charges between July 11 and September 1. The Fulton County grand jury reportedly recommended multiple indictments related to conspiracy or racketeering, with hints that former President Donald Trump himself may be included in the list of possible defendants.
Trump's lawyers asked Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney to quash the jury's findings on the grounds that it was "an illegal and unconstitutional process" in a filing on March 20. Trump's legal counsel also seeks the "disqualification of the Fulton County District Attorney's Office from any further investigation into or prosecution of any alleged interference with the 2020 general election."
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In a response filed May 15, Willis told McBurney that Trump's legal team has presented no evidence to prove the unconstitutionality of the jury. She also said the former president's legal counsel was looking to "restrain a criminal investigation before any charges are filed or even sought."
"If an investigation results in actual criminal charges against the Movants," referring to Trump, "the justice system ensures they will have no shortage of available remedies to pursue," Willis wrote.