Fulton County Courthouse did NOT close at 5 PM

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Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote 5m
The Fulton County Courthouse did NOT close at 5 PM. The doors remain open and the grand jury is still in session.

Ana Cabrera @AnaCabrera 5m
NEW reporting from Fulton County GA: Presiding Judge Robert McBurney's Courtroom + the courthouse is still open.

On a normal day, the courthouse closes at 5p, and the presiding judge's presiding duties end at 5p. But it does not appear today is a normal day.

Deadline White House @DeadlineWH · 4m
"We still have two witnesses along with a possible three more so that just kind of tells us that we could be in for a long night here in front of the courthouse." @ReporterBlayne gives @NicolleDWallace an update on the Fulton County grand jury

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Olivia Wile @o_wile · 10m
Police presence outside the Fulton County Courthouse is ramping up as we enter the 5 pm hour.. typically when a normal jury would get out for the day. We’ll be live throughout the night...

Patrick Quinn @PatrickQuinnTV · 4m
RIGHT NOW: Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat outside a heavily guarded Fulton County Courthouse as we wait potential indictments.

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1. Tomorrow will be even more interesting.

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4. hotter tonight

Anna Bower @AnnaBower 2m
Views from the hottest club in Fulton County: Judge Robert McBurney’s courtroom. This is the room where the indictment could be handed up later this evening. We’re still waiting for the grand jury presentation to wrap up.

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5. Yeah. I noticed that on another thread.

I could understand continuing past 5pm today in order for a witness to finish their testimony rather than split one witness' testimony up over two days.

But if there are more witnesses to go yet, why continue for several more hours? Wouldn't the judge wait until the next session to bring in more witnesses?

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7. maybe the mistaken filing spurred them to continue on to the finish?

...we'll know shortly.

Katie Phang @KatiePhang 8m
UPDATE: Judge McBurney just checked in with media in his courtroom and said that he’s still waiting too.

Jonathan O'Brien @JOBrienWSB 8m
BREAKING: Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan leaves the Fulton County courthouse after testifying before the grand jury considering charges against former president Donald Trump. @wsbradio #gapol

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9. In your first link, the time says 8pm.

How can that be? It is only 7:06 pm eastern time right now. Unless Georgia is not in DST?

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8. I'm not

going to be home tomorrow - was really hoping for tonight. Oh well, I will watch reruns and have a toast to justice at that time.

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10. Judge says to 'hang in there'

Tamar Hallerman @TamarHallerman 26m
Anxious reporters are assembling in the 8th floor courtroom of Robert McBurney, the Fulton judge on duty who will be receiving any charges that are handed up from the grand jury. McBurney briefly stepped in and told reporters to hang in there

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11. Oh,

deep breath!

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2. Tick Tock MF

FAFO

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3. Lol. Somehow I doubt he'll be glued to MSNBC all evening.

Fox "The Five" is reporting on the top cities affected by retail crime, "Bear Spray Mob" on the chyron.

And that 'some federal staff in the -- "I'm not making this up" -- the Nancy Pelosi federal building have been instructed to work from home' because it's too dangerous out.

Newsmax has a "threat assessment" due to a athlete claiming she was injured by a trans athlete.

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6. Bear Spray Mob was there Chyron? 😂🤡

Dear Lawd! The world is going insane over this. I don’t know how MAGA will survive this.

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12. Many take great pride in loyalty so absolute it's unfazed by betrayal.

And so far they've had unending opportunities to demonstrate it.

Gog!

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13. This is way more than loyalty.

They don't give a ra what he did. I just don't get it.

Hold onto your hat, they are voting now. (MSNBC Chyron)

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14. Yes, hard-core authoritarianism.

I don't "get" it either. But if you know someone who'd answer yes to "The only way our country can get through the crisis ahead is to get back to our traditional values, put some tough leaders in power, and silence the troublemakers spreading bad ideas" that person's very likely one -- and eager for tRump and company get to the critically necessary "silence the troublemakers" part.