Judge tells reporters to get dinner as they wait for possible Trump indictment

A Fulton County judge suggested that reporters grab dinner Monday evening as dozens camped out in his eighth-floor courtroom ahead of the expected indictment of former president Donald Trump.

Judge Robert McBurney also told deputies to keep his courtroom doors unlocked, according to several journalists who were there at the time.

The Fulton County Courthouse typically closes at 5 p.m., but the building remained open Monday as the district attorney’s office continued its presentment to the grand jury.

At least two witnesses who were expected to testify on Tuesday were told to come a day early, including former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and journalist George Chidi.

Chidi arrived at the courthouse shortly before 4 p.m. but said in a tweet that he was still waiting to testify, along with Duncan. Chidi said he planned to address reporters outside the courthouse once he is excused.