donald trump left his New Jersey farm on Thursday to take a mugshot at a jail in New Jersey. Atlantawithin the framework of a broad criminal case derived from the attempts of the former president of USA to annul his defeat in the 2020 elections in Georgia.
Trump’s entourage arrived at Newark International Airport en route to the Fulton County Jail, where several dozen supporters awaited their arrival. He said on social media that it would be delivered around 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time (2330 GMT).
Meanwhile, Judge Scott McAfee set a trial date for October 23 for one of the defendants, attorney Kenneth Chesebro, after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who filed the charges against Trump and the others. , I would have proposed that day. That trial date will not necessarily apply to the Republican or the other defendants.
Trump, 77, has already entered uncharted territory as the first former US president to face criminal charges, though the four cases brought against him have not slowed his momentum as the favorite in the Republican nomination race to face Democrat Joe Biden in next year’s elections.
Now, the businessman-turned-politician who for years hosted a reality TV show will join the ranks of gangster Al Capone, singer Frank Sinatra and other high-profile Americans who have posed for prison photos.
The image is sure to be widely circulated by Trump’s enemies and supporters alike.
“We want to print it on a t-shirt. It will spread all over the world. It will be a more popular image than the Mona Lisa.”said Laura Loomer, 30, a former Republican congressional candidate who mingled with other Trump supporters outside jail Thursday morning.
“I have to start preparing to head to Atlanta, Georgia, where murder and other violent crime has reached levels never seen before, to be arrested by a low-key, radical left-wing district attorney, Fani Willis.”Trump wrote on social media.
Trump faces 13 felony counts, including conspiracy, often used to prosecute organized crime, for pressuring state officials to reverse his Georgia election loss to Biden.
The billionaire denied committing any crime and said that this criminal case, as well as the other three, are politically motivated. He is scheduled to plead guilty in the Georgia case on September 5, although he has pleaded not guilty in the other three cases.
The former president has agreed to post $200,000 bail and accepted bail conditions that prohibit him from threatening witnesses or his 18 co-defendants in the case. On Wednesday, Trump added Atlanta attorney Steve Sadow to his legal team, according to a court filing.
About a dozen Trump supporters, some carrying flags, gathered outside the jail awaiting his arrival.
“I am here because I am horrified by what is happening”, said Bob Kunst, 81, a retiree who said he had driven from Miami Beach and stood outside the prison holding a homemade sign that read “Lock up Biden.”
Trump called for protests across the country after his first criminal indictment in New York in March, sparking fears of violent riots similar to the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by his supporters.
Source: Gestion
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