Donald Trump to turn self in at Atlanta jail on Thursday for 4th indictment on election fraud charges
- Donald Trump was charged on August 14 with attempting to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results
- Trump and 18 others were given a deadline of noon on Friday to hand themselves in to Fulton County jail officials for arrest and booking
- On Monday the 77-year-old’s bond was set at $200,000, and he was ordered not to send threatening social media messages
Donald Trump will turn himself in at Fulton County jail in Atlanta on Thursday, the former president confirmed on Monday night.
‘Can you believe it?’ he wrote on social media.
‘I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED by a Radical Left District Attorney, Fani Willis, who is overseeing one of the greatest Murder and Violent Crime DISASTERS in American History.
‘In my case, the trip to Atlanta is not for ‘Murder,’ but for making a PERFECT PHONE CALL!’
Trump added his familiar allegation that the charges were part of an effort to derail his own 2024 election campaign, and again accused Willis of targeting him in a bid to fundraise for her own election.
‘She campaigned, and is continuing to campaign, and raise money on, this WITCH HUNT,’ he said.
‘This is in strict coordination with Crooked Joe Biden’s DOJ. It is all about ELECTION INTERFERENCE!’
Donald Trump, pictured following his April 4 arraignment in Manhattan, is expected to turn himself in to Fulton County authorities on Thursday
The sheriff’s department says most people arrested in Fulton County are taken to the main jail on Rice Street, to the northwest of the city center, where conditions are being investigated
Fulton County Sheriff deputies install security barriers outside the Fulton County Jail on Monday, days after an indictment was announced against Donald Trump and 18 co-conspirators
Deputies prepared Monday for a rush of defendants in the 2020 election case
The former president and his 18 co-defendants were charged on August 14 with attempting to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election, and were given a deadline of Friday at noon to hand themselves in for booking.
On Monday, the 77-year-old’s bail was set at $200,000 and he was ordered not to send threatening social media messages.
Sheriff’s deputies on Monday stepped up security, installing barriers around the run-down jailhouse, as his legal team was spotted entering the offices of the district attorney, Fani Willis.
Authorities in Fulton County said he can expect no special treatment.
He will have to be fingerprinted like other suspects at the notorious jail, and may for the first time have his mugshot taken.
The jail is well known for its squalid conditions, although Trump will not be held there while he awaits trial.
The infamous, insect-ridden facility is being investigated by the Department of Justice after a series of deaths.
Launching the investigation last month, U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan for the Northern District of Georgia, said: ‘The recent allegations of filthy housing teeming with insects, rampant violence resulting in death and injuries, and officers using excessive force are cause for grave concern and warrant a thorough investigation.’
Defendants in the sprawling case are expected to negotiate the terms of their release and bond before being booked at the county jail. It could be more than a week before they then appear in court to enter a formal plea.
Details of Trump’s bond were among the first handful to be released as co-defendants reached agreements.
The ‘consent bond order,’ published on the Fulton County Superior Court website, says Trump will ‘perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice.’
It goes on to add that this will include ‘posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media.’
Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
The document was signed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Trump’s defense team and Scott McAffee, Fulton Country Superior Court judge
Court filings published Monday show that lawyer John Eastman (left) agreed a $100,000 bond deal and Scott Graham Hall reached a $10,000 agreement
On Monday morning, before the bond was agreed, he used his Truth Social media platform to condemn Governor Brian Kemp (a fellow Republican) for failing to impeach Willis.
Days earlier, Trump was warned he was in danger of violating the terms of his release in another case with ‘inflammatory statements.’
He has railed repeatedly against the ‘biased and unfair’ judge overseeing the federal case accusing him of seeking to subvert the 2020 election, and used similar language against prosecutors and at times singled out witnesses.
Earlier it emerged that John Eastman, the lawyer charged with helping orchestrate the former president’s fake elector scheme, had agreed to a $100,000 bond.
And Scott Graham Hall reached a $10,000 bond agreement. He is the local bail bondsman accused of commandeering voting information in Coffee County, south Georgia. Atlanta News First reported the details.
Last week’s indictment was the fourth brought against Trump since April.
The latest case against Trump, who is the frontrunner for the Republican 2024 nomination, is laid out in a 98-page indictment.
It includes details of a phone call to Georgia’s secretary of state urging him to find more votes for him and allegations that an election worker was harassed with false claims of fraud.
And in one of the most extraordinary examples of attempts to change the outcome, it describes an alleged plot to access voting machines and steal data.
‘The indictment alleges that, rather than abide by Georgia’s legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia’s presidential election result,’ said Willis last week, announcing the charges.
She is pushing for a speedy trial.
Her proposed schedule would see the trail start on March 4, although that is certain to be challenged by Trump and other defendants.
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