Law enforcement officials are expecting the embattled former President Donald Trump to surrender at a Fulton County, Georgia, jail, no earlier than Thursday.
Senior law enforcement officials, who asked for anonymity, revealed that plans are still being finalized but nothing is official yet.
Donald Trump and 18 allies were indicted in Georgia on Monday over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the State, with prosecutors using a statute normally associated with mobsters to accuse the former president, lawyers and other aides of a “criminal enterprise” to keep him in power.
The nearly 100-page indictment details dozens of acts by Trump or his allies to undo his defeat, including beseeching Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to find enough votes for him to win the battleground state; harassing a state election worker who faced false claims of fraud; and attempting to persuade Georgia lawmakers to ignore the will of voters and appoint a new slate of electoral college electors favorable to Trump.
Fulton County District Attorney, Fani Willis, gave Trump and his 18 Allies until Friday to surrender.
According to The New York Times, the local sheriff said that his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and a top former Justice Department official, Jeffrey Clark, and the other defendants accused of conspiring with Trump will be “treated like everyone else should they surrender at the jail,” but the process could be different for Trump himself.
“Whether Mr. Trump himself is processed there will very likely depend on the Secret Service.”
It is the fourth time Trump has been indicted on criminal charges.
