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Trump Surrenders in Atlanta Over Charges of Election Fraud

Photo: Fulton County Jail

ATLANTA, Aug. 24, 2023 ~ Former President Donald Trump appeared at the Fulton County Jail on Thursday, surrendering to authorities over more than a dozen charges connected with efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. 

A nationally televised motorcade delivered the former president to the jail for processing, which included fingerprinting, a mug shot, and the assignment of his booking number, P01135809. Trump paid a $200,000 bond, reportedly financed through an Atlanta-area bail bondsman, before returning to his private 747 at Hartfield-Jackson International Airport. 

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Trump Surrenders in Atlanta Over Charges of Election Fraud

Aug. 24, 2023 ~ Former President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he departs after surrendering to Atlanta authorities at the Fulton County jail. Photo: Jack Gruber ~ USA TODAY NETWORK

Aug 24, 2023; Atlanta, GA, USA; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. speaks at Fulton County Jail intake center in Atlanta, GA. A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia indicted former president Donald Trump and 18 other defendants with 41 charges related to tampering with the 2020 election. All defendants have been ordered to turn themselves in by August 25. Photo: Katie Goodale ~ USA TODAY
Aug 24, 2023; Atlanta, GA, USA; Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs Hartsfield Jackson International Airport after turning himself in at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, GA. A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia indicted former president Donald Trump and 18 other defendants with 41 charges related to tampering with the 2020 election. All defendants have been ordered to turn themselves in by August 25. Photo: Joshua Jones ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
Aug. 24, 2023 ~ Former President Donald Trump's aircraft departs Newark (NJ) Liberty International Airport Thursday afternoon, August 24, 2023. He is flying to Atlanta to be booked on racketeering and conspiracy charges. Cranes at Port Newark can be scene in the background. Photo: Thomas P. Costello ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
Aug. 24, 2023 ~ Atlanta, GA, USA; Bicycle motorcade arrives at the Signature Flight Support ATL FBO at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The former President is surrendering today at the Fulton County Jail after being indicted by a special purpose grand jury criminally charging Trump and his allies of racketeering and conspiracy in their efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state of Georgia.Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
Aug. 24, 2023 ~ The motorcade carrying Donald Trump to Newark Airport for a flight to Atlanta where he will turn himself in this evening in Fulton County Ga. on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election. Photo: Chris Pedota ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
Aug. 24, 2023 ~ Protesters stand outside the at Fulton County Jail intake center in Atlanta, GA. on Aug 24, 2023, waiting for the arrival of former President Donald Trump. A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia indicted former president Donald Trump and 18 other defendants with 41 charges related to tampering with the 2020 election. All defendants have been ordered to turn themselves in by August 25. Photo: Katie Goodale ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
Aug. 24, 2023; Atlanta, GA, USA; Trump supporters at Fulton County Jail intake center in Atlanta, GA. A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia indicted former president Donald Trump and 18 other defendants with 41 charges related to tampering with the 2020 election. All defendants have been ordered to turn themselves in by August 25.. Photo: Katie Goodale ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
Aug. 24, 2023; Atlanta, GA, USA; Trump supporters at Fulton County Jail intake center in Atlanta, GA. A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia indicted former president Donald Trump and 18 other defendants with 41 charges related to tampering with the 2020 election. All defendants have been ordered to turn themselves in by August 25. Photo: Katie Goodale ~ USA TODAY

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Aug. 25, 2023 ~ Fox News Correspondent and WJR contributor Ryan Schmelz discusses former President Donald Trump turning himself in at the Fulton County Jail last night.

CONTINUED: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged Trump with 13 counts, including racketeering, conspiracy charges, and the solicitation of a public official to violate their oath of office. Willis has asked for an Oct. 23 trial date, a date which Trump’s legal team opposes. 

Today marks the fourth time in less than a year that Trump has turned himself in to authorities. He surrendered in April over an alleged hush money scheme, in June over alleged mishandlings of classified documents, and once more earlier this month on federal charges associated with the Jan. 6 insurrection. 

Trump remains in polling as the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, leading his closest contender, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, by more than 30 points. 

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