Trump turns himself in to a Georgia jail to be booked for his indictment

The former president of USA donald trump (2017-2021) turned himself in this Thursday to be booked in an Atlanta jail, in Georgiawhere he is accused of 13 crimes for having tried to reverse the result of the 2020 presidential election in said state.

His lawyers agreed with the prosecution on a bail of 200,000 dollars and the Republican will be released once his fingerprints have been taken and a police photograph has been taken.

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Trump, who traveled by private plane from New Jersey to the capital of Georgiaarrived at 19:35 local time (23:35 GMT) at the prison of the fulton county in a convoy of armored vehicles and escorted by the Secret Service, which is in charge of their security.

Fulton County sheriffs stand guard in front of the jail where former US President Donald Trump will be booked. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP). (CHANDAN KHANNA/)

Trump’s arrival at Atlantafrom the time it landed until it was transferred to the county jail, was televised by the main networks in the country in prime time.

It is the fourth criminal charge against the former president, but the first that leads him to go to jail, since in the previous three he was summoned for a reading of charges in court.

county sheriff, Pat Labattold the press that the former president must go through the same procedure as the rest of the people, for which he must present identification, his fingerprints will be taken and a frontal photo will be taken.

The Fulton District Attorney fanny willis accuses the Republican of 13 counts for having led a plot with 18 allies to reverse the electoral results in Georgia, where Trump lost by a narrow margin against the current president, the Democrat Joe Biden.

The principal offense charged against him in the state of Georgia is violating the criminal association law (RICHin English), traditionally used against the mafia.

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He is also accused of having conspired to have certain people falsely present themselves as electoral delegates to certify Trump’s victory in Georgia, knowing that he actually lost.

If found guilty on all counts, the former Republican president could be sentenced to up to 76.5 years in prison.

One of the main pieces of evidence against him is the recording of a January 2021 call in which he asked the Georgia Secretary of State, brad raffenspergerthat you “will find” 11,780 votes, one more than Biden had achieved.

Trump considers all cases against him a “Witch hunt”, and still today he continues to maintain the hoax that he won the 2020 election.

“No one has fought as hard for the integrity of the elections as the president Donald J. Trump. That’s why tomorrow I’ll be proudly arrested in Georgia”, declared the Republican on social networks on Wednesday.

At least 9 of the 19 defendants in this alleged mafia plot have already turned themselves in at the Fulton prison and have been released after paying bail, including Trump’s former lawyer and former New York mayor. Rudy Giuliani.

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The one in Georgia is the fourth criminal accusation against Trump, after the case of bribing the porn actress stormy danielsthat of the classified documents that he took from the White House and the one of storming the capitol.

However, this case has gained great relevance because, being a state judicial process instead of a federal one, Trump could not pardon himself if he regains the Presidency in 2025.

Trump, great favorite of the republican primaries next year, did not participate in the party’s first candidate debate on Wednesday.

Source: Elcomercio