Former U.S. President Donald Trump revealed his intention to surrender in Atlanta on Thursday following his indictment in Georgia on charges related to alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state.
Trump made the announcement via his Truth Social platform, characterizing the indictment as a politically motivated tactic to hinder his 2024 reelection campaign.
“I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED,” Trump, who is running for reelection in 2024, said on his Truth Social platform.
According to CNN, negotiations between Trump’s legal team and the Fulton County district attorney’s office on Monday, resulted in the establishment of this surrender date. The discussions centered on Trump’s consent bond and the terms of his release.
The 98-page Georgia indictment, which came to light last week, involves Trump and 18 co-defendants facing a total of 41 criminal counts related to efforts to reverse the 2020 election outcome in Georgia.
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John Eastman, Trump’s former personal lawyer who has also been indicted in the Georgia case, plans to surrender to Fulton County authorities on Wednesday, a court filing showed on Monday. Eastman had reached a $100,000 bond agreement with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis earlier on Monday.
The Georgia case marked Trump’s fourth indictment. He faces a New York state trial in March involving a hush money payment to a porn star and a federal trial in May in Florida for allegedly mishandling federal classified documents.
Another indictment, in Washington federal court, accuses him of illegally seeking to overturn his 2020 election defeat. U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith has requested a January trial, but a date has not yet been set.
Trump has pleaded not guilty in all criminal cases and could spend much of next year in court, even as he campaigns to retake the White House.
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In Georgia, the former president will face a $200,000 bond and orders not to send threatening social media messages as the he awaits trial, according to a bond agreement on Monday signed by Trump’s attorneys and the Fulton Country district attorney. Security will be tightened around the jail when Trump surrenders, the local sheriff’s office said.
Trump has repeatedly asserted without evidence that indictments against him are “witch hunts.” He has regularly attacked Willis online and called her “radical left” and “corrupt.”
Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and his co-defendants were indicted on August 14. Willis gave them until Friday afternoon to surrender or face arrest.
Prosecutors in the case have proposed that the trial start on March 4, while Trump’s lawyers have asked for a 2026 trial.
Trump’s surrender on Thursday will come a day after the first Republican primary presidential debate that the former president does not plan to attend.
