NEW: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has responded to a recent attack ad from former Pres. Trump, writing in an internal memo sent to staff urging them not to respond, according to a copy of the memo obtained by ABC News.
August 10, 2023, 5:49 AMA Sheriff's deputy stands outside after the Fulton County Sheriff ordered roads to be closed as officials tighten security around the Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse, as the city prepares for a possible criminal indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn his election defeat in the state, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 7, 2023.
The memo came in response, Willis wrote, to an attack ad taken out by Donald Trump to run in the Atlanta area to run through Sunday. In the memo, Willis told her staff not to "comment in anyway on the ad or the negativity that may be expressed against me, your colleagues, this office in the coming days, weeks or months."
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