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Former President Donald Trump was arrested for the fourth time in Fulton County, Georgia. Trump turned himself in to be arraigned after he was indicted for attempting to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election in Georgia on Thursday, Aug. 24, as reported by CNN. Moments later, Trump was launched on a $200K bond. The information outlet reported that the previous president was in jail for “about 20 minutes.”
Trump turned himself in after a few of his co-defendants, together with former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was additionally Trump’s particular counsel, surrendered for arrest on Wednesday, per The New York Instances. Earlier than the previous president turned himself in, his bail was set at $200,000, per The Related Press.
The previous president was indicted by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia on Monday, Aug. 14. District Legal professional Fani Willis had taken half in a two-year investigation to show that Trump had allegedly tried to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election, after he misplaced to President Joe Biden. His costs included “False Statements and Solicitation of State Legislatures, high-ranking state officers, the creation and distribution of false electoral faculty paperwork, the harassment of election staff, the solicitation of Justice Division officers, the solicitation of then-Vice President Mike Pence, the illegal breach of election tools, and acts of obstruction,” in keeping with CNN.
Trump and 18 different co-conspirators (together with his lawyer, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and former White Home Chief of Employees Mark Meadows) had been additionally charged with counts of racketeering of their alleged makes an attempt to overturn the election.
Because the indictment was introduced, Trump did name out Willis on his Fact Social platform. “Are you able to imagine it? This failed District Legal professional from Atlanta, Fani Willis, the place murders and different violent crime soars day by day to new document highs, is charging me with 2020 Presidential Election Interference. No, Fani, the one Election Interference was finished by people who Rigged and Stole the Election. These are those try to be going after, not the harmless individuals which are preventing for Election Integrity!” he wrote.
Trump is presently within the midst of a 2024 election marketing campaign, and he has regularly referred to as the indictments in opposition to him a “witch hunt,” and has accused prosecutors of trying to intrude along with his marketing campaign.
This marks the fourth time that the previous president has been arrested and arraigned this 12 months. That is the second time that he’s been arrested and charged on the state degree. Trump’s arrest in Georgia comes 4 months after he was arrested in New York Metropolis in April. He was indicted on 34 counts of falsifying enterprise information, together with his alleged hush cash fee to grownup movie star Stormy Daniels. Trump pleaded “not responsible” to the fees, and he’s additionally denied having an affair with Daniels.
Trump’s different two indictments had been federal. He was first charged with 37 counts of mishandling categorized paperwork in June. He was arraigned in Miami, Florida, the place he pleaded “not responsible” to the fees and has denied any wrongdoing. Initially of August, he was indicted for his alleged try to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election, which led to the January 6 assault on the Capitol in 2021. He was arraigned in Washington D.C., the place he as soon as once more pleaded “not responsible.”
