Trump, co-defendants will be booked at Fulton County jail on 2020 election charges: sheriff’s office

Former President Donald Trump and his 18 alleged accomplices in efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election outcomes might be booked on the Fulton County jail after surrendering to authorities, the sheriff’s workplace introduced Tuesday. 

“In Fulton County, GA, the reserving course of and arraignment/look course of in felony instances are two separate issues. On this case, some arraignments/appearances could also be digital as dictated by the presiding choose,” Fulton County Sheriff’s Workplace spokeswoman Natalie Ammons mentioned in a press release. 

“At this level, primarily based on steerage obtained from the District Legal professional’s workplace and presiding choose, it’s anticipated that every one 19 defendants named within the indictment might be booked on the Rice Avenue Jail,” she added. 

Fulton County District Legal professional Fani Willis, who launched the investigation into Trump and his associates greater than two years in the past, instructed reporters at a late-night press convention Monday that she meant to attempt all 19 defendants collectively and that they’d be given less than two weeks to show themselves in.

“I’m giving the defendants the chance to voluntarily give up no later than midday on Friday the twenty fifth day of August 2023,” Willis mentioned, including that she hopes to take the case to trial “inside the subsequent six months.” 

The sheriff’s workplace famous Tuesday that Trump and his co-defendants — together with former New York Metropolis Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former White Home Chief of Employees Mark Meadows and former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell — “can flip themselves in at any time.”

“The jail is open 24/7. Additionally, because of the unprecedented nature of this case, some circumstances might change with little or no warning.” Ammons mentioned. 

Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat mentioned earlier this month that he anticipates authorities will adhere to “normal practices” if Trump have been to be indicted, together with having the previous president’s mugshot taken. 

Trump, 77, faces 13 counts in the case, and expenses that embrace violating the Peach State’s anti-racketeering regulation, conspiracy, false statements and asking a public official to violate their oath of workplace.

In his earlier three indictments, the previous president has been spared being handcuffed or having his mugshot taken.