Atlanta braces for potential Trump indictment

(14 Aug 2023)
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Atlanta – 14 August 2023
1. Exterior of Fulton County Courthouse
 
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2. STILL of former President Donald Trump at an event
 
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kate Brumback, Associated Press:
“I'm outside the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta, where prosecutors this morning began presenting their investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election to a grand jury.”
 
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Atlanta – 14 August 2023
4. STILL exterior of Fulton County Courthouse
 
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Atlanta – 16 November 2021
5. STILL of former Democratic Georgia state Sen. Jen Jordan posing at capitol  
 
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6. STILL of former Democratic Georgia state Rep. Bee Nguyen
 
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7. STILL of Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the Georgia Secretary of State, answering journalists' questions
 
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kate Brumback, Associated Press:
 “We don't know much about what's going on inside that room. But former Democratic State Senator Jen Jordan left the courthouse late morning. She had been subpoenaed to testify in from the grand jury, and she said that she answered questions for about 40 minutes. We also know that former Democratic state Representative Bee Nguyen and Gabriel Sterling, a an official in the secretary of state's office, also have been seen at the courthouse this morning.”
 
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Atlanta – 14 August 2023
9. Various of media presence outside the courthouse
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Kate Brumback, Associated Press:
“Otherwise, it seems like it's pretty much business as usual in the courthouse, except for the fact that there are journalists all in every hallway and around every corner. There is also a huge media presence outside where there are security or security barriers set up around the courthouse. And at least one street in front of the courthouse is blocked off to cars.”
STORYLINE:
Donald Trump and officials in Atlanta are bracing for a potential new indictment in a Georgia prosecutor’s investigation into the Republican ex-president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.
 
At the Fulton County Courthouse on Monday a handful of current and former Georgia politicians were either called in to testify or were seen at the courthouse.
 
Associated Press reporter Kate Brumback said that former Georgia state Sen. Jen Jordan was called to testify.
 
“Jen Jordan left the courthouse late morning. She had been subpoenaed to testify in from the grand jury, and she said that she answered questions for about 40 minutes. We also know that former Democratic state Representative Bee Nguyen and Gabriel Sterling... an official in the secretary of state's office, also have been seen at the courthouse this morning,” Brumback said.
 
Outside the court, media gathered in droves and streets were closed to accommodate the influx of media and pedestrian traffic.
 

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