Trump was arrested for the fourth time: he became the first US president to be mug shot

The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, was detained on August 24 in the Fulton County Jail on 13 charges related to his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 Georgia election. This is the fourth time he has faced criminal charges. The edition told in more detail CNN.

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Trump spent a little more than 20 minutes in the Fulton County Jail, where he was booked and released on bail. Jail records showed him to be 6'3" tall, 190 lbs (215 kg), blue eyes and blond hair, with an arrest number of P97,5.

A mugshot of Donald Trump was released shortly after he was released from prison. He became the first president in US history to have a mugshot.

Photo: FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Trump's arrest in Georgia was the fourth this year. The scene of Trump going to his arrest and denouncing the charges against him as politically motivated has been repeated yet again, but it still hasn't shaken his support as the leading GOP candidate for president in 2024.

Trump called his time in prison "terrible and very sad" and on the same day, August 24, said: "In my whole life I knew nothing about the charges, and now I have been charged four times."

In April, the 45th president was arraigned in New York on state charges related to a cover-up money scheme. In June, he turned himself in at a Miami federal courthouse and was charged with mishandling classified documents. And earlier this month, Trump was arrested in Washington, D.C. on charges brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith during an investigation into attempts to cancel the 2020 election.

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All of this could come to a head next year when Trump runs for president.

In addition, 18 other defendants were arrested in this case, including the former mayor of New York, Trump's close friend and personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.

Mugshot: FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Trump released on $200 bail

Like most of his 18 co-defendants in the sprawling Georgia case who have already turned themselves in, Trump was quickly filed as he and his lawyers had already negotiated his bail agreement. Trump agreed to a $200 bail and other release conditions, including not using social media to attack co-defendants and witnesses in the case.

Trump covered the value of his $200 bail by posting 000% of the bail amount and partnering with local Atlanta-based Foster Bail Bonds LLC.

He flew from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey to Georgia on August 24 in the afternoon and landed in Atlanta in his private jet shortly after 19:00 pm.

Trump's motorcade went to the Fulton County jail for arrest. He spent about 20 minutes there and returned to the airport, where he briefly spoke to reporters before boarding the plane.

“What happened here is a travesty of justice. We didn't do anything wrong. “I didn’t do anything wrong and everyone knows it,” Trump said. “What they are doing is interfering in elections.”

Change of lawyer

On the eve of his surrender, Trump replaced his top Georgia lawyer, Drew Findling, with Steven Sadow, an Atlanta lawyer whose website profile describes him as a "specialty white-collar lawyer."

Trump's source indicated that Findling's work was not the case, and another source familiar with Sadow called him "the best criminal defense attorney in Georgia."

Sadow met Trump at the Atlanta airport and escorted him to the Fulton County Jail.

District Attorney asks for October 23 court date

Fulton County District Attorney Fanny Willis has requested a trial date of October 23.

However, it is still too early to say whether such a date is possible. If the trial goes ahead, it will be the first of four criminal trials against Trump.

His lawyers told a judge in Georgia that they were against the proposed court date. In addition, the defense will attempt to separate his Georgia case from co-defendant Ken Chesebro, who is seeking to expedite proceedings and whose request prompted Willis to propose a specified trial date.

Willis' proposed timeline will expedite the proceedings. Last week, when the indictment was returned to her, she told reporters that she would seek a trial that would begin within six months.

Legal experts at the time said the timing was implausible, especially since Willis had made it clear she would like to try the 19 defendants together.

Lawyers for Trump and his co-defendants foresee the possibility of pre-trial disputes that will drag out the proceedings. Already, three defendants are trying to take the case to federal court, and Trump is expected to file a similar application on his own.

Another sprawling case filed by Willis suggests such timelines are unrealistic. The case, which alleges that Jeffrey Williams, rapper Young Thug, and several of his associates violated Georgia's RICO law (the key charge in the Trump case), has been slowly moving to court despite Williams's attempt to defend his right to a speedy trial.

Willis demanded that the 19 defendants be charged next month.

Other defendants

A federal court denied petitions by two defendants, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, to block pending arrests.

On Thursday, both Meadows and Clark entered into a $100 bail agreement with prosecutors. Meadows surrendered and was released on bail. According to the records, Clark surrendered on the morning of 000 August.

Earlier, on August 24, Trevian Kutti, who was charged with intimidating a poll worker in Atlanta, entered into a $75 bail agreement with prosecutors prior to her surrender.

Other terms of the deal state that she cannot "intimidate any person she knows as a co-defendant or witness" in the case, which is especially relevant given her allegations. She is also banned from posting about the case on social media.

Harrison Floyd, the leader of Black Voices for Trump, also turned himself in, according to prison records. He did not enter into a bail agreement in advance and is in custody. He must appear before a judge within 24 hours of the surrender.

Georgia Senator Sean Still, who ran as a fake voter in 2020, also turned himself in, according to county inmate records. Following the announcement of the charges, Still's lawyer Tom Bever stated, "Evidence at trial will show that Senator Still is innocent, we look forward to our day in court to clear his good name."

According to county records, Trump 2020 campaign spokesman Mike Roman surrendered in the early hours of Aug. 25. Misty Hampton, a former election monitor in Coffey County, Georgia, also turned herself in to the Fulton County Jail.

Pro-Trump lawyer Robert Chili also turned himself in early on August 25, according to the report. He is charged with 10 crimes, including violating the Georgia Anti-Racketeering Act, perjury, and soliciting a breach of oath by a public official.

Raffensperger to be subpoenaed for important hearing

On August 28, Meadows will have a hearing on his attempt to bring the Fulton County indictment against him to federal court, which will be a major test for Willis.

The Fulton County Attorney's Office has subpoenaed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Frances Watson, who served as chief investigator for the Secretary of State during the 2020 election, to testify.

The subpoena is one of several signs that Fulton County's attorney's office is planning to make Trump's January 2021 call, where he urged Raffensperger to "find" votes to make up for his state election loss, the focus of the Meadows court hearing. This is an attempt to get the charges against the district attorney dropped.

A federal judge has set a hearing for Sept. 18 at Clark's request to refer the case against him for electoral subversion in Fulton County to federal court.

Trump indicted in Georgia on 13 counts

Trump falsely claimed victory after the 2020 election and then tried to reverse the results in Georgia and other states.

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In a series of phone calls, he pressured Georgia election officials, including Raffensperger, to help his efforts. Trump's campaign has filed baseless lawsuits that have attempted to invalidate Georgia's election results and tried to convince state lawmakers to forgo legitimate Democratic electoral votes and replace them with Republican Party electors.

Willis charged Trump with 13 counts, including racketeering, conspiracy charges, and inciting an official to break his oath upon taking office.

The racketeering indictment that Willis has charged against all 19 defendants suggests they were involved in a broad "criminal enterprise" that attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.

When that plan didn't work, his campaign tried to put forward a list of fake Trump-supporting voters. In turn, Trump pressured then-Vice President Mike Pence to recognize these illegitimate GOP voters as he presided over the January 6, 2021, Congressional Electoral College attestation.

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