Former Pres. Donald Trump booked
28th August 2023 · 0 Comments
By Jill Nolin
Contributing Writer
(Special from Georgia Recorder via lailluminator.com) — Former President Donald Trump, who is accused of trying to overturn Georgia’s election results, has been booked at the Fulton County Jail, according to the county jail website.
Trump, who was indicted by a grand jury last week, arrived at the Rice Street jail in a sprawling motorcade at 7:34 p.m. Eastern Thursday.
Outside the jail, his fans outnumbered his critics as his most ardent backers traveled from all over the country to line up along Rice Street in a show of support. A throng of reporters from all over the world gathered outside the county jail to observe the historic moment.
He had approved a $200,000 bond agreement, which bars him from threatening or intimidating anyone involved in the case – including on social media where the former president is prolific.
The Fulton County indictment represents Trump’s fourth this year. He is charged with violating Georgia’s RICO Act and litany of other charges tied to efforts to overturn the election in a state where he lost by nearly 12,000 votes.
District Attorney Fani Willis requested a special purpose grand jury in early 2022 to investigate whether Trump and his allies illegally interfered in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. She pursued the probe after Trump pressed Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to reverse his loss to Joe Biden.
A grand jury handed up a 41-count indictment against 19 defendants, alleging they were part of a “criminal organization” bent on overturning the 2020 election results by convincing state lawmakers in key states to tap fake electors.
Mark Meadows, who served as chief of staff for Trump, turned himself in at the Fulton County Jail earlier last Thursday. He was booked earlier Thursday and released on a $100,000 bond.
Meadows is charged with violation of the Georgia RICO Act and solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer in an indictment handed up by a grand jury last on August 14.
Meadows has a Monday, Aug. 28, court date in federal court where he will argue for his case to be removed from Fulton County Superior Court.
Harrison Floyd has also surrendered at the jail, where he remained in custody as of 3 p.m. Eastern. Floyd is accused of violation of the Georgia RICO Act, and he also faces charges of conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements and writings and for influencing witnesses for allegedly trying to influence Fulton County poll worker Ruby Freeman’s testimony.
A Washington Post story this week also reported that Floyd is accused of assaulting an FBI agent in connection to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
To read the 98-page indictment go to: https://georgiarecorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/CRIMINAL-INDICTMENT.pdf.
This story was first published by the Georgia Recorder, part of the States Newsroom network of news bureaus with the Louisiana Illuminator.
This article originally published in the August 28, 2023 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.
