Former President Donald Trump Faces Multiple Charges in Georgia Related to 2020 Election
August 24, 2023
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Former President Donald Trump is set to surrender on Thursday to face multiple charges related to his actions concerning the 2020 election in Georgia. This marks the fourth time this year that the former president has been confronted with criminal charges. Trump is expected to travel from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to the Fulton County jail in Atlanta for processing.
Similar to several of his co-defendants, who have already surrendered at the Fulton County jail, Trump’s processing is anticipated to be swift due to a negotiated consent bond agreement with a $200,000 bond. This agreement also includes conditions such as refraining from using social media to target co-defendants and witnesses in the case.
Before his surrender, Trump replaced his lead Georgia lawyer, Drew Findling, with Steven Sadow, an Atlanta-based attorney known for his expertise in white-collar and high-profile defense cases. This change appears unrelated to Findling’s performance, with sources indicating that Sadow is highly regarded in the field.
Trump’s Charges
Trump’s surrender in Georgia is his fourth interaction with local or federal officials regarding criminal charges in 2023, a situation unprecedented in U.S. history before this year. In previous incidents, he faced state charges in New York related to a hush money scheme, federal charges in Miami connected to the mishandling of classified documents, and charges in Washington, D.C., stemming from attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
All of these cases may coincide with Trump’s presidential campaign next year. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has requested an October 23, 2023, trial date for the election subversion case against Trump and 18 associates. While the feasibility of this date remains uncertain, it could potentially be Trump’s first criminal trial among the four.
Willis initiated the racketeering case last week following a lengthy investigation and has called for arraignment of Trump and the other defendants next month, with a surrender deadline on Friday. Some defendants, including Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, and John Eastman, have already surrendered.
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Who Else is Being Charged?
Mark Meadows and Jeffrey Clark, former White House chief of staff and Justice Department official, respectively, had their attempts to block pending arrests rejected by a federal court.
Meadows faces a hearing to transfer the Fulton County prosecution to federal court, while Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Frances Watson, former chief investigator for the secretary of state, have been subpoenaed to testify regarding Trump’s call in January 2021 urging Raffensperger to “find” votes to reverse his election loss.
Meadows, who participated in the call, has reached a $100,000 bond agreement with Fulton County prosecutors. Trump falsely claimed victory after the 2020 election and attempted to overturn the results through various means, including pressuring Georgia election officials, filing meritless lawsuits, and pushing state legislators to replace legitimate electoral votes with GOP electors.
In the recent indictment, Willis charged Trump with 13 counts, including racketeering, conspiracy, and solicitation of a public official to violate their oath of office. The racketeering charge accuses all 19 defendants of being part of a broad “criminal enterprise” that sought to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
When this plan failed, Trump’s campaign attempted to present a slate of fake pro-Trump electors and pressured Vice President Mike Pence to recognize them during the Electoral College certification on January 6, 2021.
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