Former President Trump has surrendered to authorities in Georgia on Thursday evening following an indictment by a grand jury on 13 criminal counts stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state.
Trump will not enter a plea at this time. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) has requested arraignments for the 19 co-defendants in the election interference case just after Labor Day.
Trump’s bail is set at $200,000, and the order also places rules on his social media use and his ability to talk to co-defendants and witnesses about the case.
Trump arrived at the jail just after 7:30 p.m. ET, spending about 22 minutes inside being booked before his release. A massive motorcade and police presence accompanied him to the jail from the Atlanta airport and back.
Follow along here for updates on Trump’s surrender and other news related to the case.
Trump lands in New Jersey
Former president Trump has landed back at Newark Airport in New Jersey after surrendering to authorities in Georgia following his fourth criminal indictment this year.
Trump: ‘Not a comfortable feeling’ having mugshot taken
Trump, in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, sait it was “not a comfortable feeling” getting his mugshot taken.
“They insisted on a mugshot and I agreed to do that,” he told the news outlet. “This is the only time I’ve ever taken a mugshot.”
“It is not a comfortable feeling—especially when you’ve done nothing wrong,” he added.
– Brett Samuels
Lara Trump predicts Georgia booking ‘solidified’ Trump as next president
Lara Trump, daughter-in-law to former President Trump, said she believes his booking on criminal charges in Georgia on Thursday “solidified” his chances at winning the 2024 election for president.
She decried the case against Trump as a political prosecution in a Fox News interview on Thursday evening.
“I don’t think it will work. I think people understand what is going on, and I think tonight just solidified Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States,” she said.
Read the full story here.
– Nick Robertson
Trump returns to Twitter, under its new moniker X
Former President Trump on Thursday posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, for the first time since January 2021 to share an image of his mugshot following his surrender in Atlanta on Thursday evening.
Fox News displays Trump’s mugshot following arrest in Georgia
Fox News showed its audience a mugshot of former President Trump after he was booked on criminal charges in Fulton County, Ga., on Thursday.
“Let’s just take that in for a second,” host Jesse Watters said as the image of Trump scowling and looking into the camera was displayed on the screen. “You do see some anger in the eyes, and I don’t like the ghoulish coverage of it.”
Watters suggested CNN, a frequent foil of Trump and various other hosts on Fox, “had the mugshot leaked to them before the rest of the media,” adding, “That tells you everything you know about the process.”
CNN was among the first news outlets to publish Trump’s mugshot.
Read the full story here.
– Dominick Mastrangelo
Fake elector becomes fourth defendant to attempt move to federal court
Shawn Still, one of the pro-Trump individuals who signed documents purporting to be the state’s valid electors, is attempting to move his charges to federal court.
Still, a Georgia state senator and the sole sitting officeholder charged in the indictment, is now the fourth defendant to do so. He has not yet surrendered.
He argues the charges must be moved because he was acting in his duties as a federal officer and will assert federal defenses, including immunity.
“Even if the Court were to find that Mr. Still did not act as a federal officer in his role as a presidential elector, Mr. Still would still satisfy the first requirement for federal officer removal because he—at minimum—was acting under officers of the United States,” Still’s attorney wrote, referring to Trump.
– Zach Schonfeld
Ramaswamy calls Trump surrender fanfare ‘shameful’
Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy lashed out against the media coverage surrounding former President Trump’s surrender to authorities in Atlanta on Thursday, calling it “shameful,”
“I think this is shameful, Laura,” he said in a Fox News interview with Laura Ingraham on Thursday. “This is an indictment not of Donald Trump, but of our national civic health.”
“That we have gotten to a place where we have a party in power that will use any charge in any jurisdiction — four at the same time — in the middle of an election, designed, mark my words, to stop their lead political rival currently from running,” he continued.
Trump’s surrender, a procedural step in his prosecution in a sprawling election fraud case, received wall-to-wall coverage from cable news networks.
Read the full story here.
— Nick Robertson
Trump mugshot released
Trump’s mugshot was released just over an hour after he departed the Fulton County jail where he surrendered after being indicted for a fourth time this year.
The sheriff’s office released the photo to the media. CNN was the first known network who showed the photo on air minutes before it was distributed more widely.
Read more about the history-making photo here.
When will Trump’s mugshot be released?
The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office has indicated they are releasing mugshots of defendants in the case daily at roughly 4 p.m. ET.
Thursday’s batch was sent well before Trump arrived, so it’s possible his mugshot is not publicized until tomorrow.
However, at least one of Trump’s co-defendants posted his mugshot publicly on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, before the sheriff’s office released the photo to the press.
– Zach Schonfeld
Trump calls booking ‘a very sad day for America’
Trump gave brief remarks before boarding his plane Thursday night calling his arrest “a very sad day for America.”
Trump repeated numerous gripes, including that he had a “right to challenge an election.”
“What is taking place here is a travesty of justice. We did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong,” he said.
Trump faces 13 charges, from making false statements and writings to violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, Act – a charge rooted in combating organized crime.
Two of those counts allege Trump soliciting a public official to violate their oath of office, in one case during a call with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) asking him to “find 11,780 votes” to help Trump overtake President Biden’s vote total.
Trump used third-party to post bail
Trump used a third-party to post his $200,000 bond, jail records show.
CNN reported that Trump agreed to pay a local bond company 10 percent in fees.
– Zach Schonfeld
Trump mug shot taken during booking: CNN
A mug shot was taken during Trump’s booking process, according to CNN.
The network said that Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat confirmed the photo was taken.
It is the only mug shot that has been taken in any of Trump’s four criminal cases.
– Ella Lee
Trump’s motorcade leaves Georgia jail
Former President Trump’s motorcade departed the Fulton County jail in Georgia after just 22 minutes in the facility where he turned himself in on Thursday night.
-Julia Mueller
Trump heigh and weight included in arrest records
Charging documents list Trump’s height as 6’3″ and his weight as 215 pounds, figures that appear to be self reported and were posted in advance of his arrival at the Fulton County jail.
The figure would be a drop from figures included in his medical reports as president, which noted in 2019 that Trump weighed 243 pounds.
Trump released from Fulton County jail
Trump was released on bond from the Fulton County jail after just minutes, jail records show.
His motorcade has not yet departed the facility.
— Zach Schonfeld
Trump surrenders
Former President Trump turned himself in at the Fulton County jail Thursday over charges he sought to remain in power after losing the 2020 election by attempting to change Georgia’s election results.
Read the full story here.
Trump arrives at Fulton County Jail
Trump has arrived at the Fulton County Jail, where he will be processed in relation to the charges he is facing.
He will go through the booking process and is expected to have a mug shot taken, along with fingerprinting. He will not enter a plea during this process.
—Jared Gans
Trump greeted by new attorney after landing
Trump was greeted by his new attorney, Steven Sadow, after arriving at the airport in Atlanta, according to multiple reports.
Trump changed his defense team in the Fulton County case earlier on Thursday, subbing in Sadow for Drew Findling. Sadow is an Atlanta-based attorney who has represented several high-profile clients, including rapper Rick Ross and former NFL player Ray Lewis.
—Jared Gans
Trump’s motorcade en route to Georgia jail
Trump’s motorcade was en route Thursday evening to the Georgia jail where he’ll surrender following his historic fourth indictment, this time by a grand jury in The Peach State.
The former president gave reporters a thumbs-up as he exited his private plane and headed into a vehicle that joined the motorcade.
—Julia Mueller
Photos: Trump lands in Atlanta
Trump was seen leaving his private plane shortly after he landed, giving reporters gathered a “thumbs up”.
Trump lands in Atlanta
Former President Trump’s plane landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia at 7:03 p.m.
He will soon head to Fulton County Jail to turn himself in and face processing for the charges filed against him.
—Jared Gans
Trump supporters gather outside Georgia jail where he is expected to surrender
Dozens of supporters of former President Trump have gathered outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Thursday, hours before he is expected to turn himself in on election fraud charges.
Trump supporters outside the jail Thursday held banners and flags and said they were there to offer their support.
Read the full story here.
What to expect: Will Trump get a mugshot?
Like any other criminal defendant in Fulton County, Ga., Trump is expected to receive a mug shot upon surrendering at the local jail.
Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat said earlier this month that his office will follow “normal practices, and so it doesn’t matter your status. We’ll have mug shots ready for you,” according to WSB-TV.
Several of Trump’s co-defendants who have already surrendered have taken mug shots, including attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis and his former chief of staff Mark Meadows.
If the former president takes one when he turns himself in, it would mark a change from his surrenders in three other criminal cases and make him the first current or former U.S. president to ever have to take one.
– Ella Lee and Zach Schonfeld
Trump’s plane takes off from Newark
Former President Trump’s plane has taken off from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey en route to Georgia, where he will turn himself in.
Trump has said he will officially be arrested at 7:30 p.m.
—Jared Gans
Here’s who hasn’t surrendered
Eight of the 19 defendants have not yet surrendered as of late Thursday afternoon.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) has given the defendants a deadline of Friday at noon ET.
Here’s who is left:
- Former President Trump
- Bob Cheeley, Georgia-based attorney allegedly involved in the fake electors plot
- Michael Roman, Trump 2020 campaign staffer allegedly involved in the fake electors plot
- Stephen Lee, minister in Orland Park, Ill., accused of influencing election worker
- Trevian Kutti, former publicist for rapper Ye accused of influencing election worker
- Jeffrey Clark, Trump Justice Department official who backed unfounded fraud claims
- Shawn Still, sitting state senator and fake elector
- Misty Hampton, former Coffee County elections supervisor accused of facilitating election equipment breach
– Zach Schonfeld
Judge sets Oct. 23 trial date for first defendant in Trump Georgia case
A Fulton County Superior Court judge has set a trial date for the first of 19 defendants in a sweeping racketeering case involving former President Trump over efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results.
Judge Scott McAfee ruled that defendant Kenneth Chesebro’s trial will begin on Oct. 23, after the lawyer and key coordinator of the fake electors plot demanded a speedy trial. Chesebro asked the court earlier Thursday to expedite the scheduling of dates for his arraignment, pretrial hearings and trial itself.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis replied to Chesebro’s motion requesting the October start date in Georgia, which is four months earlier than the one Willis initially suggested for the trial – a timeline legal experts previously told The Hill was ambitious at best.
— Ella Lee
Hearing scheduled for Clark’s attempt to move case to federal court
Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark will get to argue why the case should be moved to federal court next month.
A judge has ordered a Sept. 18 hearing on Clark’s attempt to move his charges out of state court.
He is one of three co-defendants who are attempting to move their charges. But unlike the others, Clark is explicitly arguing that if he is successful, the other defendants’ charges must be moved, too.
The judge previously rejected Clark’s attempt to block his arrest in the meantime, and Clark’s bail was set at $100,000 hours later. He has not yet surrendered.
— Zach Schonfeld
Trump slams Willis as he departs for Atlanta
Trump took to social media to attack Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and declare it a “SAD DAY IN AMERICA” as he left New Jersey.
“Why is there so much MURDER in Atlanta? Why is there so much Violent Crime? People are afraid to go outside to buy a loaf of bread!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“One big reason is that failed District Attorney, Fani Willis…doesn’t have the Time, Money, or Interest to go after the real criminals, even the REALLY Violent ones, that are destroying Atlanta, and its once beautiful culture and way of life,” he continued. “This is yet another SAD DAY IN AMERICA!”