Former President Trump says he will turn himself in to authorities in Georgia on Thursday

2023-08-22 10:37:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Former President Trump says he will turn himself in to authorities in Georgia on

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Former President Donald Trump announced he will appear before authorities in Georgia on Thursday in a court case accusing him of plotting illegal actions to overturn his 2020 election loss.

"Can you believe it? I'm going to Atlanta, GA on Thursday to be ARRESTED," Mr Trump wrote on his social media network on Monday evening, shortly after it was announced that his bail had been set. in the amount of 200 thousand dollars.

Former President Trump, who had until Friday to appear, is also prohibited from intimidating other defendants, witnesses, or victims in the case — including through social media — the signed agreement states. by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Mr. Trump's lawyers and the judge.

He has repeatedly used social media to attack those involved in criminal cases against him as he continues to campaign to retake the White House in 2024. He did so to Attorney Willis, and addressed her by name on Monday Georgia Governor Brian Kemp – a Republican official who has rejected efforts to overturn the election result.

The agreement prohibits the former president from making "direct or indirect threats of any nature" against witnesses or other accused, as well as communicating in any form about the facts of the joint court case, with the exception of communication through lawyers.

Financial security is an amount that defendants must pay as a form of collateral to ensure that they will appear in court for court hearings.

Prosecutor Willis has set a deadline of Friday at noon for former President Trump and the 18 people accused with him to appear for registration procedures. The prosecutor has proposed that charges be filed in the week following September 5. She has expressed that she wants the accused to be tried in a joint judicial process, and that she wants to present the case to the court in March of last year, which would thus increase tensions during the period of running for president.

Among those charged are White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Mr Trump's lawyer and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, as well as a former Justice Department official, Jeffrey Clark, who helped the effort former president to overturn his election loss in Georgia.

The charges in Georgia come just two weeks after the Justice Department's special prosecutor in another case investigated a broad conspiracy to overturn the election results. In addition to two election-related lawsuits, former President Trump faces federal charges of illegally obtaining and retaining classified documents, as well as a New York state lawsuit accusing him of falsifying business records. VOA