2023-08-23 14:52:21
NBC News confirmed Wednesday, according to sources familiar, that former President Donald Trump will turn himself in at a Fulton County jail in Georgia on Thursday night.
The former president said Monday that he would turn himself in on Thursday in Fulton County, Georgia, following being indicted on numerous charges stemming from his efforts to stay in office in the wake of the 2020 election.
“Can you believe it? I’m going to Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday to be ARRESTED by a radical left-wing District Attorney, Fani Willis,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who launched the investigation into Trump and his allies, has given the defendants until noon Friday to turn themselves in voluntarily.
Three top law enforcement officials told NBC News on Friday that they expected Trump’s rendition to happen later this week.
In a news release Monday, the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said that when it is delivered “there will be a strict lockdown of the area surrounding the Rice Street Jail.”
THE $200,000 BOND
Trump’s team has agreed to a $200,000 bond in the Georgia criminal case. Under the terms of the “consent bail order” filed in court Monday followingnoon, Trump agreed to the bail amount on charges including extortion, criminal conspiracy, criminal solicitation, production of false documents and false statements.
The order was signed by Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee. The order, which was agreed to by prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers, states that the former president “will not take any act to intimidate any person known to him or her as a co-defendant or witness in this case or to obstruct the administration of justice.”
It also indicates that the “defendant shall not make any direct or indirect threat of any kind once morest the community or any community property, including, but not limited to, posting on social media or reposting of posts made by another person on social media. “.
The hearing was filed in court following members of Trump’s legal team, Drew Findling, Marissa Goldberg and Jennifer Little, were seen entering the Fulton County courthouse around 2:10 p.m. walking in the direction of the prosecutor’s office. . They declined to comment to reporters on their way to the office.
Last week, Willis indicted the former president and 18 other people on racketeering charges for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election, giving the defendants until August 25 to turn themselves in voluntarily.
In Georgia, the former president is accused along with 18 of his allies for allegedly trying to change the electoral result in that state
Other defendants also agreed to post bail on Monday.
John Eastman, the attorney charged with helping orchestrate Trump’s bogus election plan, accepted $100,000 bail on charges that include extortion, criminal conspiracy and production of false documents.
Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee signed the agreement Monday morning, the filing shows.
McAfee signed a similar agreement Monday involving another defendant in the case, Scott Hall. Hall is charged with extortion and six counts of criminal conspiracy related to a scheme to access voting machines and data in rural Coffee County. Bail for him was set at $10,000, court records show.
You can read the full news at NBC News here.
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