Former President Donald Trump plans to turn himself in to Georgia authorities on Thursday in connection with his indictment on charges of attempting to overturn his 2020 defeat in the state.
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Former President Donald Trump plans to turn himself in to Georgia authorities on Thursday in connection with his indictment on charges of attempting to overturn his 2020 defeat in the state.
- The 2024 Republican frontrunner will surrender to authorities at the Fulton County jail. The former president is likely to be fingerprinted and have his first mug shot taken when he is booked at the Rice Street Jail.
- Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis gave Trump and his co-defendants in the Georgia RICO case were until Friday to surrender voluntarily. Law enforcement plan to enforce a “hard lockdown” on the area surrounding the jail when Trump arrives.
- Fulton County Superior Court judge Scott McAfee set Trump’s bond at $200,000. The bond agreement includes release terms restricting Trump from intimidating witnesses or obstructing justice using means including “posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media.”
- The bond agreement also limits Trump from interacting with any of his 18 co-defendants unless a member of his legal team is with him.
- “Can you believe it? I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED by a Radical Left District Attorney, Fani Willis,” Trump posted on Truth Social hours after the judge set his bond.
- This will be Trump’s fourth arrest since April.
- Vanity Fair covered a new development from “an old pal of old Donny’s [who] says he’s also got the goods to clear both their names.” Rudy Giuliani claims that he has recently discovered “scientific evidence” proving the 2020 election was stolen and thus proving him and Trump innocent of all charges. Of course, Giuliani declined to explain what the evidence was or how it is “scientific.”
- Politico noted that although Trump co-defendants John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro and Scott Hall were also issued bond orders, only Trump’s included “a more explicit order on witness intimidation, explicitly referencing the former president’s ability to use his social media platform to level attacks related to the case.”
- Federal prosecutors pushed back on Trump’s attempt to delay the start of his federal election interference trial until 2026, the New York Times reported. Trump’s team claimed they need the yearslong delay to review the evidence, but prosecutors said his legal team “exaggerates the challenge of reviewing it effectively.”
- Fox News reported Trump would be required to “post bond as cash, through commercial surety, or through the Fulton County Jail 10% program.” Posting bond will allow Trump to remain free from prison until his trial begins. The prosecution requested a start date by February 2024.
- National Review noted that Eastman’s bond was set at $100,000, while co-defendant Hall’s was set at $10,000. Trump’s bond was calculated as the sum of the amounts for the the 13 counts he is facing, including criminal solicitation, criminal conspiracy, and filing false documents among others.
- The New York Post reported the terms of Trump’s bond agreement were negotiated by Trump defense attorneys Todd Blanche, Jennifer Little, and Drew Findling, who were seen at Willis’ office on Monday.
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