Posted on 08/22/2023 9:56:28 AM PDT by Red Badger
President Donald Trump intends to turn himself in to Fulton County prosecutors on Thursday, where his bail has been set at $200,000. Trump will be fingerprinted and the public could see a Trump mugshot for the first time during the indictment rollercoaster that has both plagued and bolstered his presidential campaign.
No president, either sitting or former, has been arrested and tried for a crime. The indictment from Fulton County DA Fani Willis marks Trump's fourth indictment.
"Can you believe it?" Trump posted on Truth Social. "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," he continued, "the trip to Atlanta is not for 'Murder,' but for making a PERFECT PHONE CALL! She campaigned, and is continuing to campaign, and rase money on, this WITCH HUNT. This is in strict coordination with Crooked Joe Biden's DOJ. It is all about ELECTION INTERFERENCE!" He said.
Trump has been ordered to keep quiet on social media about the case. An order from Judge Scott McAfee reads:
"The Defendant shall 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. This shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
"The Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against any codefendant;
"The Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against any witness including, but not limited to, the individuals designated in the Indictment as an unindicated co-conspirators Individual 1 through Individual 30;
"The Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against any victim;
"The Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against the community or to any property in the community;
"The above shall include, but are not limited to, posts on social media or posted made by another individual on social media;
"The Defendant shall not communicate in any way, directly or indirectly, about the fats of this case with any person know to him to be a witness in this case except through his or her counsel."
The first GOP primary debate, hosted by Fox and the RNC, will take place on Wednesday. Trump has already said that he will not be participating on the Milwaukee stage as his poll numbers make him far and away the favorite to win the 2024 primaries and secure the nomination.
If nominated, Trump is set to face off against President Joe Biden in a rematch of the 2020 election. This round, however, will be accompanied by court dates for the former president in Washington, DC and Florida, where he faces federal charges brought by DOJ special counsel Jack Smith, as well as in Georgia and New York, where he faces charges brought by local DAs intent on securing a Trump scalp.
The Georgia case finds Trump being tried alongside 18 other defendants, his associates and lawyers, who pursued recounts and asked questions in Georgia in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Biden won the state by 11,780 votes out of a population of 10 million.
Many watching the election claimed that shenanigans were afoot, and Trump's attorneys pursued every legal avenue available to ascertain accurate election results. Georgia's perennial gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams contended that she had not lost an election to Governor Brian Kemp, and kept saying that for years after the loss without any local blowback from the DAs office.
I hope the guy croaks first. This is totally unnecessary. And when this is over, I hope Trump sues and the guy is left with a tin cup and a permit for a tin cup.
No, when appealed to SCOTUS.
SO stupid to go to Atlanta at all and even recognize her authority to take this unlawful action. Stay in Florida. Let her send Georgia troopers to try and get you.
Where’s the state legislature? Summer vacation?
And the lefties are going to have a field day with this, sadly.
Each state had issues but for certain PA Dems changed the way election voting/accounting was done - that is Dems in power made changes by ignoring on-the-books state legislative election law and by making it up to suit themselves (Dems). But since your reason for posting seems obvious I won’t waste time on this thread with details...
What guy? The GA prosecutor is female.
Sleeping with criminals she’s supposed to be arresting, while arresting innocent people over made-up charges.
America as a constitutional republic suffered a near-fatal blow with the opening of the federal gulag in DC shortly after January 6, 2021.
Don’t pay the bail!!!!!
Make them lock you up. The secret Service will have to basically close down the jail and you will not have to abide by the ridiculous bail terms. Run your campaign from behind bars.
why doesn’t he get cashless bail? Liberals are all about how we shouldn’t have cash bail.
“Did they steal Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona also”
Were mass mail out ballots allowed in the States you mentioned?
Well yes at some point fairly soon these events are going to devolve into a constitutional crisis that will precipitate the military stepping in.
I urge you to go read Trump’s Executive order 13848 which is still in effect and then you will understand why Trump continues to use the phrase “election interference” every 10 minutes. Trump says and does everything for a reason.
Thursday? That means something damning about the Biden’s is coming out on Wednesday evening ...
Agree.
“... the fats of this case with any person know to him to be a witness ...”
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Is that the actual wording?
Well yes at some point fairly soon these events are going to devolve into a constitutional crisis that will precipitate the military stepping in.
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The military isn’t stepping in, no matter what piece of paper was signed. They’ll just ignore it.
They collect their paychecks and pensions and do whatever they’re told.
I agree about Trumps’ intentional phrases. Not sure about the rest. But, if you have a link to the EO, which I recall but don’t remember specifics, I’d appreciate it.
Being “arrested” by a gang of lowlifes and criminals should be seen as a badge of honor.
If I have two hornets nests, one with 100 million hornets, and another with 999,990 hornets, I may be best served by not stirring up either. A whole lot of authoritarian chumps are going to get stung up badly. Once the stings start, the hornets don’t discern just who they go after. It’s a frenzy.
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