Fulton County judge steps in to stop threats from Trump and his supporters before they start
September 25, 2023
Judge Scott F. McAfee has decided that previous threats on the Georgia special grand jury that encouraged Donald Trump's indictment were enough to protect jurors in the upcoming trial, NBC's Katie Phang reported.
In a ruling Monday, McAfee ruled that no identifying info of jurors and even prospective jurors will be disclosed to the public. Jurors will only be identified by number. No other personal information such as addresses, drawings or photos will show what the jurors look like.
There also won't be any disclosure of responses from juror questionnaires or notes, unless permitted by McAfee.
When the information about the grand jurors was released, as dictated by Georgia law, the information of those individuals was posted online, including photos of themselves or their families. Death threats quickly followed.