Donald Trump had been arrested He spent around 20 minutes in jail before agreeing to a USD 2,000,00 bail amount and other terms of his release. It would be the first time for the former US President that his mug shot would be taken at Fulton County Jail, according to officials.
Donald Trump arrested, a former US president, was arrested on Thursday and charged with more than a dozen felonies as part of a complex criminal case arising from his attempts to avenge his Georgia 2020 election loss.
He reportedly spent around 20 minutes in jail before agreeing to a $2,000,000 bond and other release requirements. It would be the first time for the former US President that his mug shot would be taken at Fulton County Jail, according to authorities, according to news agency Reuters.
Donald Trump Arrested
According to prisoner records, Trump was detained and assigned the identification number P01135809.
About 20 minutes after arriving at the jail, the former US President’s convoy departed and made its way to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport, where his private jet was waiting to takehim back to his golf club in New Jersey.
Trump, 77, has already made history by becoming the first former US President to be charged with a crime. After being detained and then freed from jail, Trump spoke to the media and asserted that he had done nothing wrong. He reportedly said, “What has happened here is a travesty of justice,” according to the Reuters article.
Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who is one of Trump’s 18 co-defendants, will go on trial on October 23. According to the judge’s ruling, neither Trump nor any of the other defendants are yet subject to the schedule.
Authorities said that eleven of his co-defendants have already been taken into custody. Rudolph Giuliani, a former mayor of New York, appeared dead serious in some of his mug shots, while Jenna Ellis, an attorney, smiled for the camera.
The 19 defendants had till Friday to turn themselves in. Mark Meadows, who served as Donald Trump’s chief of staff in the White House, was processed at the jail on Thursday, according to court records.
In the Georgia case, Donald Trump is accused of pressuring state officials to overturn his election loss and assembling an illegitimate slate of electors to thwart the formal congressional certification of Biden’s victory in 2020. He is also charged with 13 felonies, including racketeering, which is typically used to target organized crime.
