Arthur Ray Hanson II, a man from Alabama, was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison for threatening a sheriff and district attorney in Georgia over the jail mugshot of former President Donald Trump. Hanson left threatening voicemails to Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat and District Attorney Fani Willis, warning of consequences if they took Trump’s mugshot. He used racial slurs and made references to the South’s loss in the Civil War in the voicemails. Hanson, who pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting threats, also called a Department of Homeland Security tip line to make a threat against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The FBI contacted him to stop making threatening calls after his messages to Labat and Willis. Hanson’s attorney argued that he was intoxicated and has bipolar disorder when he made the calls. Despite this, Hanson was sentenced to prison, fines, and supervised release for three years. The FBI emphasized that threats against public servants are illegal and threaten the democratic process. Donald Trump, along with 18 others, was indicted on state charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. Hanson’s threats were made before Trump was indicted or his mugshot was taken.
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