Sources say Donald Trump considered his posture before surrendering on Thursday, hoping to appear «defiant»; Pictured: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Donald Trump could testify in just two months on election interference charges as prosecutors in Georgia push for a speedy trial.
Fani Willis The district attorney who is prosecuting Trump and 18 others for alleged «criminal activities» to cancel the state's presidential election, has requested a court date for October 23.
Trump turned himself in to state authorities in Fulton County, Georgia Thursday night and took a photo of him .
The former president returned to Twitter after more than a two-year absence in an apparent attempt to raise funds from his supporters for bills and the campaign, with a post featuring his photo:
https://t.co/MlIKklPSJT pic.twitter.com/Mcbf2xozsY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), Aug 25, 2023
Attempt Ms. Willis's postponement of the trial date came in response to a demand from Kenneth Chesebro, Trump's former lawyer, to start trial as soon as possible on the same day.
Scott McAfee, the judge handling the case, only agreed that Mr. Chesebro could stand trial on October 23 «at this time,» but Ms. Willis is pushing for an immediate trial for all racketeering charges.
Stephen Sadow, Trump's attorney, immediately objected to the earlier trial date and demanded that the former president's case be separated from the Chesebro case.
Trump is pushing for a trial date of April 2026, more than a year after the next presidential inauguration, which will take place after the November 2024 election.
But an October trial would mean trials would begin long before the first primary next January Republican election, and could mean that Trump faces jail time until the next election.
After Trump was impeached on Thursday, Mr. Trump and his supporters began trying to frame his legal troubles to support the idea that he was being prosecuted by state prosecutors.
In an email calling for donations, Trump's campaign officials said the Fulton County Jail's decision to take a picture of him was an attempt to «make him look like a criminal to the world.»
«Please contribute,» one email read, «to prove that YOU also NEVER GIVE UP our mission.”
Before arriving to take the photo, Mr. Trump and his aides strategized his potential facial expression.
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Trump decided he wanted to look «provocative,» according to sources.
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His claims that the Justice Department is launching a politically motivated campaign against him were echoed by Joe Biden, who apparently used Trump's surrender as an opportunity to raise funds as well.
The President of the United States shared a link to his campaign donation website just as Mr. Trump was being sent to the Fulton County Jail.
“Damn, I think today is a great day to donate funds against my campaign,” Mr. Biden said.
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“This is not political persecution at all,” said Eric Schmitt, Republican Senator from Missouri, in response to Biden’s post.
Richard Grenell, who worked in the Trump administration, said: «Joe Biden is raising funds for 91 allegations.
“This is his strategy. Arresting his opponent is just like a dictator.»
Mr. Biden dismissed allegations that he had anything to do with the decision to indict his predecessor.
Mr. Outside Jail Thursday Mr. Trump's supporters gathered to protest his persecution. failed before his appointment. Photo: Megan Varner/REUTERS
Bob Kunst, 81, Miami activist held a sign saying «Lock Biden» for 12 hours while waiting for the former president to appear.
He said he was left «exhausted and disappointed» when his hero didn't appeared. .
“I was hoping that Trump would do this,” he told The Telegraph.
“I wanted him to see his supporters here and all the positive. People traveled all over the country to come to him.”
He called a series of accusations — now the fourth against Trump — «anti-American.»
«But it's not. harms Trump…it helps him,” he added.
Some supporters held up signs calling the case a “witch hunt,” while others urged the authorities to “lock up” Ms. Willis .
Fanny Willis, Fulton County District Attorney, is suing Trump and 18 others. Photo: John Bazemore/AP
Mr. Trump was in jail for 22 minutes before climbing back into his car and being driven away, giving a thumbs up to the waiting press.
In an interview with Newsmax, he said he had a «terrible experience» in jail although the police treated him “very well”.
” I came, I was treated very well – but there is what it is,” he said.
“I took a photo . I've never heard the word «mugshot». I was not taught this at the Wharton School of Finance.”
Trump returned to Twitter on Thursday after his account was suspended in January 2021 due to the risk of further inciting violence after the assault. U.S. Capitol on January 6 of that year.
Elon Musk, who bought the platform in October, reinstated the account in November after a survey found most users thought he should be allowed back.< /p>< p>At the booking, the Fulton County Sheriff's Office collected basic information about Mr. Trump, including his height, weight, age, and hair color.
Stephen Lee, a Lutheran minister who was the last of the 19 defendants to surrender from turned up in jail on Friday after being charged with intimidating a poll worker.
The Georgia case is one of four cases facing Trump since he was charged in New York. York and Washington on charges of paying «silence money» and undermining the results of the US elections, as well as in Miami on charges of improper handling of confidential documents.
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