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Firefighters determined 30 minutes after a hazardous materials
response began that the powder was a starch or salt and not
harmful, said Atlanta Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Ronald Slatton.
The courthouse was reopened shortly afterward.
Four people who complained of headaches were taken to a hospital
as a precaution and the third floor of the sprawling Fulton
County courthouse complex was evacuated, according to Slatton.
Slatton said he didn’t know who the letter was addressed to,
only that it arrived at the district attorney’s office. When
asked about a motive, he replied, “That’s for the law
enforcement.”
It's not clear if anyone is investigating the incident as a
potential crime. Officer Aaron Fix, a spokesperson for the
Atlanta Police Department, referred comment back to Atlanta Fire
Rescue. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, which oversees
courthouse security, isn't investigating, said spokesperson
Natalie Ammons.
“The District Attorney and her staff greatly appreciate the
quick and effective response by Atlanta and Fulton County
agencies to the scene to protect our colleagues and the public,”
a DA’s office spokesperson told The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution.
An elected Democrat, Willis won indictments against
now-President Donald Trump and 18 others in August 2023, using
Georgia’s anti-racketeering law to accuse them of participating
in a wide-ranging scheme to illegally try to overturn Trump’s
narrow 2020 presidential election loss to Democrat Joe Biden in
Georgia.
Four people later pleaded guilty, but a state appeals court in
December removed Willis from the case, citing an “appearance of
impropriety” related to a romantic relationship Willis had with
special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she had hired to lead the
case. Willis is asking the Georgia Supreme Court to reverse her
disqualification.
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