2023-08-23 19:36:19
Former US President Donald Trump plans to appear in the Atlanta County Jail on Thursday following being charged in connection with attempted voter fraud in the state of Georgia. A few days ago, Trump announced on the Truth Social platform, which he co-founded, that he would travel to Atlanta on Thursday to go through the formal procedure following the indictment was published.
Trump has been charged with 18 other suspects over his attempts to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. The prosecutor had given the Republican and the other suspects until this Friday to report to the authorities in Atlanta.
The first suspects appeared at the Atlanta County Jail on Tuesday and left following being registered. At such appointments, the personal details of those affected are usually recorded, and police photos are often taken. How exactly the process will be with Trump was initially unclear. The authorities had refrained from taking police photos of him in previous charges once morest the ex-president in New York, Miami and Washington.
An exact time for Trump’s appearance in Atlanta was not initially known. Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday that he was proud to be arrested on “Thursday followingnoon” (local time) for his fight to protect the integrity of the election. The sheriff’s office had previously stressed that the jail was open 24 hours a day. The accused might therefore present themselves to the authorities there at any time.
Trump has already been indicted at the federal level in Washington for his campaign once morest his own defeat in the 2020 election. In the 2020 presidential election, he lost to his Democratic challenger Joe Biden. To this day, however, Trump has not admitted this defeat, instead spreading the lie that he was deprived of victory through electoral fraud.
Indictments have also been filed once morest Trump in New York and Miami. The New York case is related to hush money payments to a porn star. The Miami case revolves around the safekeeping of top-secret government documents in a private Trump home. The 77-year-old, who wants to run once more in the 2024 presidential election, rejects all allegations and sees the accusations as an attempt by his opponents to prevent him from running for another term.
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