that is an escalation of the kind of militarized repression inside of russia and no matter what putin does to kind of obfuscate or create conspiracy theories about who did this, i think at the end of the day, the russian people have some sense this guy got killed for crossing putin. and that may not be a clean shot for putin with public opinion. it doesn t mean he s in immediate danger, but over time these are the kinds of things that start to eat away at a system that putin has built that is fundamentally a rotten, corrupt system with one man sitting on top of a kind of rotted kleptocracy. and if he s willing to do this now, if he did indeed do this, what is he willing to do next? ben rhodes, so many questions, always great to have you on the program. thanks, ben. thanks, chris. let s take a look live at the fulton county jail. of course this is where former president trump is expected to turn himself in later today. up next, former georgia state lawmaker takes us inside the cas
information circulating online is that of the actual grand jurors or just people of the same name. former georgia state senator and attorney testified in the case and she says these threats might impede prosecutors ability to find a trial jury. everyone is going to know who they are. their lives will be turned upside down. so just to be able to sit a jury of people who would be even willing to put, you know, their lives on the line is going to be really, really difficult. reporter: and it is not just the grand jury under threat. judge tanya chutkan who is overseeing the federal location interference case against trump received a threatening voice mail earlier this month. according to court documents, a texas woman called chutkan s chambers on august 5 and left a message threatening to kill anyone who went after former president trump. she also allegedly threatened to kill congresswoman sheila jackson lee as well as people in the lgbtq community.
indictment, a public document, as is the practice in georgia. but experts say this is really a quirk of law in the state of georgia that the names of grand jurors come out with the indictment. so this is really the first time we ve seen this kind of thing come out in a national case. what i m going to do reporter: cnn not independently verify the details ands if unclear if the information circulating online is that of the actual grand jurors or just people of the same name. former georgia state senator and attorney testified in the case and she says that these threats might impede prosecutors ability to find a trial jury. everyone is going to know who they are. their lives will be turned upside down. and so just to be able to sit a jury of people who would be even willing to put their lives on the line is going to be really, really difficult. reporter: and it is not just the grand jury under threat.
sufficient evidence to convict on each of the charges in this case. reporter: judge mcafee, now randomly assigned to a dramatically different legal scenario. he was just appointed six months ago to fill a vacancy. before that, he served at the state inspector general and both state and federal prosecutor after graduating from the university of georgia law school in 2013. classmates and professional acquaintances say he is politically conservative. notably mcafee was a state prosecutor in the complex trial division in fulton county led by fani willis. a georgia state representative and a defense lawyer has handled two cases where mcafee was the prosecutor. in the cases i had with him, he made reasonable decisions related to pleas or discovery requests and he was fair. politics never came into it. reporter: university of georgia records show he was the
sufficient evidence to convict on each of the charges in this case. reporter: judge mcafee, now randomly assigned to a dramatically different legal a qular yoe. scenario. he was just appointed six months ago to fill a vacancy. before that, he served at the state inspector general and both state and federal prosecutor after graduating from the university of georgia law school in 2013. classmates and professional acquaintances say he is politically conservative. notably mcafee was a state prosecutor in the complex trial division in fulton county led by fani willis. a georgia state representative and a defense lawyer has handled two cases where mcafee was the prosecutor. in the cases i had with him, he marronable decisions related to pleas or discovery requests and he was fair. politics never came into it.