Posted on 08/16/2023 9:38:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
Former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants named in the Georgia election indictment on Aug. 14 will be booked at the Fulton County jail once they voluntarily surrender later this month, according to the sheriff’s office.
“At this point, based on guidance received from the District Attorney’s office and presiding judge, it is expected that all 19 defendants named in the indictment will be booked at the Rice Street Jail,” said Fulton County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Natalie Ammons in an emailed statement to Axios.
Fulton County jail, which has housed more than 3,000 inmates in recent years, is located on Rice Street, northwest of downtown Atlanta.
“Keep in mind, defendants can turn themselves in at any time. The jail is open 24/7,” the statement from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office continued.
“Also, due to the unprecedented nature of this case, some circumstances may change with little or no warning,” the spokeswoman said.
Earlier this month, Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat suggested that President Trump and his co-defendants would be treated like any other defendant and would not be given special treatment once they surrender to Fulton County officials, including having their fingerprints and a mugshot taken.
No Special Treatment “Unless someone tells me differently we will be following normal practices. It doesn’t matter your status, we will have mugshots ready for you,” Mr. Labat told ABC affiliate WSB-TV.
The sheriff also said officials in Fulton County were taking notes after watching the indictments and arraignments against President Trump in New York, Miami, and Washington, D.C., and would apply similar arrangements for him there.
President Trump was charged with 13 counts in Monday’s indictment bought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in relation to his efforts to dispute the results of the 2020 election in the state.
The charges against him include a violation of Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO Act), solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer, conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, and conspiracy to commit filing of false documents, among others.
The latest indictment marks the fourth bought against President Trump so far this year.
He has denied all wrongdoing.
Trump Vows to Release ‘Conclusive Report’ President Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election indictment include his former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyers John Eastman and Sidney Powell, and his former attorney Jenna Ellis, along with over a dozen more.
They were all charged with at least one count of violating Georgia’s RICO Act, among others.
According to the indictment, which states that President Trump “lost the United States presidential election” on Nov. 30, 2020, both he and the defendants “refused to accept that Trump lost, and they knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of Trump. That conspiracy contained a common plan and purpose to commit two or more acts of racketeering activity in Fulton County, Georgia, elsewhere in the State of Georgia, and in other states.”
Speaking at a press conference Monday following the indictment announcement, Ms. Willis said the defendants in the indictment must “voluntarily surrender” to Fulton County officials by Aug. 25 at noon.
So far, President Trump and others listed in the indictment have not yet indicated if they will indeed hand themselves over to authorities.
On Tuesday, the Republican 2024 presidential candidate called the latest charges against him a “witch hunt” and vowed to release a “large, complex, detailed but irrefutable report on the presidential election fraud which took place in Georgia.”
“Based on the results of this conclusive report, all charges should be dropped against me and others – There will be a complete EXONERATION!” President Trump wrote on Truth Social. “They never went after those that Rigged the Election. They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!” he said.
From The Epoch Times...........
This is basically the First Amendment on trial since the major “crime” being prosecuted seems to be to hold and express the opinion that the 2020 election was fraudulent and therefore stolen.
This seems like a no-brainer for a Supreme Court reversal.
Talk about a slippery slope, prosecution for holding an opinion not held by the national elite establishment. And very Soviet or Chi-com in appearance. Shame on Georgia for allowing it.
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Few Americans will risk their comforts and government subsidies.
Those willing to risk everything belong to organizations infiltrated by the FIB.
Could you please post a link?
So the proceeds go to President Trump or the useless GOP?
We will see.
Why do you think Trump is calling for the Federal takeover of Washington DC? I’m pretty sure that means the military. Stayed its all going to work out eventually.
“Keep in mind, defendants can turn themselves in at any time. The jail is open 24/7,” the statement from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office continued.
Wow. So accommodating. Maybe they can stick around and have a beer with the nice Sheriff.
What control does Trump have over anything in the Federal realm?
Looks like that guy from CHIPS TV show. Was his name Paunch???
LOL!
I’m a big Blazing Saddles fan, so I immediately understood your comment.
Again, LOL!
... as a $3 bill.
Thanks.
This. could be a thing
Like pet rocks
Personalized mug shots
I doubt that will ever happen.
Will the Secret Service have adjoining cells. They are mandated to secure the President.
I really like this interpretation.
The SAME crook Fulton County Sheriff documented to have illegally had ballots sent from Fulton Elections to the Sheriffs HQ office after the election, in violation of GA law to hold the ballots for 22 months afterwards in secure lockup-—!
Documented by video (now gone) by Patrick Byrne and Mr. Pulitzer (who id’d watermarks and improper printing and in fact printed “votes” on the ballots misaligned and not put there by humans! ==the piles of ballots were BURNED by this Sheriff. He thus being PART of electoral federal fraud. Some nerve this a@@clown amish has.
Blazing Ahos!
Once the Georgia Minorities have them locked up, President Trump needs to start ordering pizzas for all the jailbirds.
If Trump goes to jail—he will never come out alive. One way or another he will be killed, and made to look like case of “Natural Causes” “Accidents” or murder by mad man (who will be shot or have Terminal Cancer. Everyone involved in this should ne noted and made to pay for this travesty. If that happens it should be a redline.
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