Former President Donald Trump turned himself in at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, just after 7:30 p.m. He was indicted August 14 on 13 counts, including violating the state’s anti-racketeering act, soliciting a public officer to violate their oath, conspiring to impersonate a public officer, conspiring to commit forgery in the first degree, and conspiring to file false documents. Trump and his 18 fellow co-defendants were given until noon Friday to surrender at the jail.
Trump Is a Defendant Like Any Other … Only Not
Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat had said earlier in the month that Trump would be treated like any other defendant – but, of course, that wasn’t quite possible, given his status as a former president who still has round the clock Secret Service protection. Security was tightened at the facility ahead of the former president’s arrival by…
