Washington — Former President Donald Trump surrendered Thursday on the Fulton County jail, the place he was booked on 13 felony counts associated to an alleged scheme to overturn the outcomes of the presidential election in Georgia.
His give up in Georgia marks the fourth time this yr the previous president has turned himself in after felony costs have been introduced in opposition to him by federal and state officers, but it surely’s the primary time he was subjected to a mug shot. It’s additionally routine for defendants in Fulton County to be fingerprinted and have their eyes scanned for biometric identification.
Source: Fulton County Sheriff’s Office
Within an hour after he boarded his aircraft to go away Atlanta, Trump’s Save America PAC despatched a fundraising e mail that includes his reserving photograph on a t-shirt. Trump also posted the mug shot to his X account, previously often called Twitter, in addition to to Truth Social, each posts with the phrases “election interference” and “by no means give up.” It marked Trump’s first tweet since Jan. 8, 2021, two days after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
The reserving course of was fast — nearly half-hour — since Trump’s attorneys and prosecutors had agreed earlier this week to a $200,000 bond. The circumstances of the settlement partially prohibit Trump from intimidating his co-defendants, witnesses or alleged victims within the case, together with on social media.
Inmate data from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office record Trump as 6 ft, 3 inches tall and 215 kilos. His hair shade is described as “blond or strawberry” and his eyes blue.
Before he boarded his aircraft again to New Jersey, the previous president informed reporters that he and his co-defendants “did nothing flawed,” and stated it was “a really unhappy day for America.”
“You ought to have the ability to problem an election,” he stated. “I believed the election was a rigged election, a stolen election, and I ought to have each proper to do this.”
Ahead of his give up, Trump made adjustments to his authorized staff, bringing in Steven Sadow, an Atlanta-based lawyer who focuses on white collar and high-profile protection. Sadow entered his look as lead counsel for Trump on Thursday, in line with a submitting with the Fulton County Superior Court, and accompanied Trump to the jail. ABC News was first to report the change.
Sadow is predicted to interchange Drew Findling, the lead lawyer on Trump’s protection staff. Findling did nor return a request for remark.
Was Trump arraigned?
Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing, didn’t seem in courtroom Thursday to enter a plea as a result of the reserving and arraignment processes are separate in Fulton County.
It’s unclear when Trump will seem earlier than a choose to be arraigned. District Attorney Fani Willis has proposed Trump and his 18 co-defendants be arraigned the week of Sept. 5, however the choose has not but authorized that request.
Who posted bond for Trump?
Trump was working with an area bonding firm to cowl his $200,000 bond.
Charles Shaw, the CEO of Foster Bail Bonds LLC in Lawrenceville, Georgia, assisted Trump in protecting the bond. Defendants solely must put up 10% of the bail quantity — $20,000 within the former president’s case. Trump can pay the corporate a price for posting the bond.
The preparations have been made remotely earlier this week, Foster Bail Bonds confirmed. CNN first reported Trump’s use of the bail bond firm.
Why was Trump arrested?
A 41-count indictment accuses Trump and others of taking part in a “felony enterprise” that aimed to reverse his loss in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election.
The former president and his co-defendants are accused of participating in a wide-ranging plot to overturn the election outcomes, which included allegedly making false statements to state legislatures and state officers; creating pretend Electoral College paperwork and recruiting supporters to forged false votes; harassing a Fulton County election employee; and “corruptly” soliciting senior Justice Department officers and then-Vice President Mike Pence.
Trump has been charged with 13 counts, together with an alleged violation of Georgia’s racketeering legislation, making false statements and writings, and conspiring to commit forgery, concerning the alleged plot to interchange duly elected presidential electors with new electors who would vote for him.
The district lawyer gave defendants till midday Friday to give up on the Fulton County jail, and most had accomplished so by Thursday night time, together with his former White House chief of employees Mark Meadows and his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
What about Trump’s different indictments?
Trump has additionally been charged in two federal circumstances associated to investigations overseen by particular counsel Jack Smith. One in South Florida pertains to his dealing with of delicate authorities data, and the second in Washington, D.C., stems from alleged makes an attempt to cease the switch of presidential energy after the 2020 election.
Trump can also be dealing with 34 state felony costs in New York associated to an alleged scheme to make use of “hush-money” funds to hide damaging data earlier than the 2016 presidential election.
He has entered not responsible pleas in all three earlier circumstances, which he claims are politically motivated.
Nicole Sganga contributed to this report.
