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Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows surrenders at Fulton County jail

Meadows is charged alongside 18 other defendants — including former President Trump — in a sweeping racketeering case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) that claims they participated in a criminal enterprise to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results and keep Trump in power.

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Fani Willis proposes October 2023 trial date for Trump, co-defendants

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Thursday called for an earlier start date for the election interference trial of former President Trump and his 18 co-defendants.

Why it matters: Willis previously proposed March 4, 2024, as a start date, but after co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro demanded a speedy trial earlier this week, she called his bluff and requested that the trial begin on Oct. 23, 2023.

The latest: A Georgia judge just hours later on Thursday approved Willis' proposal, but only for Chesebro. The trial date for the other 18 defendants has not changed with the judge's approval.

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Trump opposes Oct. 23 start date in Georgia after co-defendant demands speedy trial

Trump is facing numerous upcoming court dates. A March 25 trial date is set in Trump’s New York hush money case, and a May 20 date is set for the federal case probing his handling of classified documents.

Special counsel Jack Smith has also requested a Jan. 2 trial date in his election interference case, with a Washington-based judge set to review the matter Monday.

Trump taps veteran Atlanta defense attorney to lead fight against racketeering charges

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Harrison Floyd - 3 charges

Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
Conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements and writings
Influencing witnesses

Floyd, executive director of Black Voices for Trump, surrendered on Aug. 24. He did not negotiate a bond agreement and was taken into custody, according to the Fulton County Sheriff's Office.

Watching his arrival on CNN now. What a fucking joke. Wonder what the huge motorcade is costing me?

Trump surrenders at Georgia jail on charges he tried to overturn 2020 election loss

Former President Donald Trump surrendered at the Fulton County jail Thursday on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn his 2020 election loss.

The booking is expected to yield a historic first: a mug shot of a former American president.


Trump and 18 others were indicted last week, accused of participating in a sprawling conspiracy to overturn his presidential election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. The Fulton County prosecution is the fourth criminal case against Trump since March, when he became the first former president in U.S. history to be indicted.

MORE. Trump surrenders at Georgia jail on charges he tried to overturn 2020 election loss | WBAL NewsRadio 1090/FM 101.5

Trump was arrested in Georgia and his mugshot was taken

Trump said in brief remarks at Atlanta's airport: "It's election interference. ... I want to thank you for being here. We did nothing wrong at all. And we have every right, every single right, to challenge an election that we think is dishonest. So we think it's very dishonest."

I love it.



You beat me to it by seconds, SL.

Originally Posted by misskit

I love it.



You beat me to it by seconds, SL.

I'm sure he had all the news sites open and kept hitting refresh, lest somebody steal his c+p crown.

Originally Posted by Norton

Wonder what the huge motorcade is costing me?

Worth every penny

Few more......


Jeffrey Clark - The former Trump Justice Department official was booked early Friday and released on a $100,000 bond.

Charges: Two counts — one of violation of the Georgia RICO Act; one of criminal attempt to commit false statements.

Michael Roman - The former Trump staffer was booked early Friday and released on a $50,000 bond.

Charges: Seven counts — two of conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree; two of conspiracy to commit false statements; one of violation of the Georgia RICO Act; one of conspiracy to commit filing false documents; one of conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer.

Robert Cheeley - The Atlanta attorney was booked early Friday on a $50,000 bond.

Charges: Ten counts — two of conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree; two of conspiracy to commit false statements; one of violation of the Georgia RICO Act; one of conspiracy to commit filing false documents; one of conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer; one of solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer; one of false statements; one of perjury.

Shawn Still - The alleged fake GOP elector was booked early Friday and released on a $10,000 bond.

Charges: Seven counts — two of forgery in the first degree; two of false statements; one of violation of the Georgia RICO Act; one of criminal attempt to commit filing false documents; one of impersonating a public officer.

Misty Hampton - The former Coffee County elections director was booked Friday on a $10,000 bond.

Charges: Seven counts — two of conspiracy to commit election fraud; one of violation of the Georgia RICO Act; one of conspiracy to defraud the state; one of conspiracy to commit computer theft; one of conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy; one of conspiracy to commit computer trespass.

Trevian Kutti - The former publicist for Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, was booked Friday on a $75,000 bond.

Charges: Three counts — one of violation of the Georgia RICO Act; one of influencing witnesses; one of conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements.

Stephen Lee - The Lutheran pastor from Illinois was booked Friday and released on a $75,000 bond.

Charges: Five counts — two of criminal attempt to commit influencing witnesses; one of violation of the Georgia RICO Act; one of influencing witnesses; one of conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements.

Three Trump codefendants say they became false electors at Trump's 'direction'

Three Georgia Republicans who falsely claimed to be electors for Donald Trump — and are now charged alongside him in a sprawling racketeering indictment brought by local prosecutors — say they took the steps they did because Trump, then the sitting president, told them to.

In a series of court filings this week, those false electors, who became part of Trump’s last-ditch bid to subvert the 2020 election, said it was Trump and his campaign lawyers who urged them to sign the false documents, claiming they were necessary to preserve Trump’s flailing court efforts to reverse his defeat to Joe Biden. That exhortation from Trump’s campaign lawyers, they said, amounted to federal government permission to take the actions they did.

The three false electors making the argument are David Shafer, a former state GOP chair; Shawn Still, now a state senator; and Cathleen Latham, a local GOP official.

“Mr. Still, as a presidential elector, was also acting at the direction of the incumbent president of the United States,” an attorney for Still argued Thursday in a court filing seeking to transfer the case against him to federal court. “The president’s attorneys instructed Mr. Still and the other contingent electors that they had to meet and cast their ballots on Dec. 14, 2020.”

Latham similarly argued that she was acting “at the direction. of the President of the United States.” And Shafer in a similar petition seeking to move the Fulton County case to federal court contended that he “and the other Republican Electors in the 2020 election acted at the direction of the incumbent President and other federal officials.”

The filings underscore the strains and tensions likely to emerge as Trump and his 18 codefendants march toward trial.

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Sidney Powell asks for speedy trial in Georgia election interference case

Sidney Powell, a former Trump attorney charged alongside the former president in the Georgia election interference case, has filed a motion for a speedy trial.

Powell’s request makes her the second of the 19 charged in the case to do so.

"Can't afford a $200K bond?": Lawyers question why "billionaire" Trump needed help of bail bondsman

Former President Donald Trump is working with a local Georgia bonding company to foot the bill for his $200,000 bail, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The CEO of the Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Foster Bail Bonds LLC, Charles Shaw, confirmed to the outlet Thursday evening that the company would be posting Trump's bond but did not confirm the former president's fee, which CNN reported would be 10 percent, citing anonymous sources.


"Somewhat surprising because it means a $30,000 non-refundable payment to the bond company," Palm Beach State Attorney Dave Aronberg wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Other legal experts also questioned Trump's decision to enlist the help of the company online Thursday evening. "Why does a billionaire need the help of a bonding company?" national security lawyer Bradley Moss asked. "A man who owns resorts and a private plane can't afford a $200,000 bond?" he added.


Conservative lawyer George Conway found the move "really puzzling." He tweeted, "If you have the cash, it seems a waste of money to use a bail bondsman. The only reason I could think of is that he didn't want to use his own money, and instead chose to have his PAC take the hit for the bonding fee. Don't know if that makes sense, but who knows?"

"Can't afford a $200K bond?": Lawyers question why "billionaire" Trump needed help of bail bondsman

Originally Posted by misskit

The only reason I could think of is that he didn't want to use his own money, and instead chose to have his PAC take the hit for the bonding fee

Bingo!

Possibly it is a case of "leave it to the experts" to ensure no small paperwork gets overlooked that would bounce him straight to jail

In the long run this is actually the more expensive way.

Originally Posted by misskit

$200K bond

Is Trump a "flight risk "?

If he is, isn't 200000 a laughable small figure ?


How much does the US taxpayer save by letting him stay at home?

Does Secret Service follow their...president to jail if he refuses to post bail ?


All this and more, on..................................SOAP

Originally Posted by helge

Is Trump a "flight risk "?

If he is, isn't 200000 a laughable small figure ?


How much does the US taxpayer save by letting him stay at home?

Does Secret Service follow their...president to jail if he refuses to post bail ?


All this and more, on..................................SOAP

He is not considered a flight risk. He is surrounded 24/7 by secret service agents whose loyalty is to the constitution, not the president or ex president.

It has been suggested that if trump is jailed, the secret service will undertake a memorandum of understanding whereby the protection duty will be passed to another agency able to work in the prison system.

• Federal judge to set date for historic US versus Trump trial

A federal judge is expected to set a date on Monday for what could be one of the most momentous trials in American history: the United States of America versus Donald J. Trump.

Special counsel Jack Smith has asked for the trial of the 45th US president -- who faces charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election which he lost -- to begin on January 2, 2024.

Trump's attorneys have countered with a proposed date of April 2026 -- well after the November 2024 election in which the real estate tycoon is seeking to return to the White House.

US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan is to entertain the arguments of both sides at a hearing on Monday at a federal courthouse in the nation's capital.

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• Georgia courtroom battles begin Monday in next stage of Trump case

Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis (D) on Monday will have her first major courtroom faceoff after indicting former President Trump and 18 others in the Georgia election case.

At a Monday morning hearing in Atlanta, prosecutors are set to battle with attorneys for former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who wants to move his charges to federal court so he can assert immunity.

Although Monday’s hearing technically regards only Meadows, the proceeding could have implications for the other co-defendants.

If Meadows succeeds, Trump and the others could automatically go to federal court along with Meadows. Even if not, the same judge will soon consider similar removal requests from other defendants, and the judge on Monday could provide insights into his thinking on the issue.

The requests are also quickly complicating the case as Willis aims to begin a trial for all of the defendants on Oct. 23.

Prosecutors went all-in for the Meadows hearing by subpoenaing the testimony of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) and two other participants on an infamous phone call, in which Trump asked Raffensperger to help “find 11,780 votes.”

That call sparked the criminal case in which Meadows now faces two charges. He is the first of five co-defendants attempting to convince U.S. District Judge Steve Jones to move their charges to federal court, though Trump and others may follow.

A successful effort would widen the jury pool to less Democrat-heavy areas of Northern Georgia, have a federal judge oversee the proceedings and likely prevent a televised trial.

Much more in the article

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• Trump co-defendant denied bond, held in jail

One of the defendants in the Georgia election fraud racketeering case was denied bail on Friday and will now remain at the Fulton County Jail pending further proceedings.

Harrison Floyd, the leader of Black Voices for Trump and the only Black defendant in the case, was deemed a flight risk by a state judge after turning himself in Thursday morning.

Prosecutors allege Floyd harassed and pressured a Georgia poll worker over false election fraud claims.

Floyd represented himself and was the only one of the case’s 19 defendants not to organize a bond agreement with state prosecutors before turning himself in.

He told Judge Emily Richardson that legal counsel was too expensive, costing between $40,000 and $100,000.

“I can’t put my family in that kind of debt,” he said.

Floyd was previously charged with assaulting an FBI agent earlier this year. According to federal investigators for the case, he yelled at, pushed and struck an agent who was serving a subpoena at his Maryland home for federal special counsel Jack Smith’s election fraud investigation.

Richardson cited the open case as a reason to remand him to jail, and called him a flight risk. She said the final determination on whether he will receive bail is up to the judge who will handle his trial.

“I do find that based on the open charge against you there are grounds for bond to be denied at this point,” Richardson said. “So I’m going to go ahead and find that you are at risk to commit additional felonies and a potential risk to flee the jurisdiction.”

A date for his next court appearance has not been determined.

Of course, everybody knows these are not legitimate charges.... it's election interference.

Originally Posted by spliff

Of course, everybody knows these are not legitimate charges.... it's election interference.

You are a fucking idiot, full stop.

Judge sets Trump trial for March 4 in election interference case

Former President Trump's trial for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election is set to start on March 4, 2024, the federal judge overseeing the case said in a court hearing on Monday.

Why it matters: The new trial date falls squarely in the middle of the 2024 presidential election — a day before Super Tuesday — when the current GOP frontrunner is likely to face a packed courtroom and campaign calendar.

The big picture: Prosecutors working under special counsel Jack Smith argued for a start date of Jan. 2, 2024, citing the "public's strong interest in a speedy trial."

• Trump's lawyers countered with a proposed start date of April 2026.
• U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan rejected both dates during Monday's hearing and said "neither" were acceptable.
• Trump was indicted in July on four criminal counts for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He faces the prospect of three civil and four criminal trials before Election Day.

Zoom out: Prosecutors for Smith said that discovery in the case is up to 12.8 million pages and that the process is now "substantially complete."

• More than half of all of the pages came from entities associated with Trump directly, including his tweets and materials associated with his political action committee and others.

The bottom line: "Setting a trial date does not depend and should not depend on the defendant's personal and professional obligations," Chutkan said.

• "Mr. Trump, like any defendant, will have to make the trial date work regardless of his schedule."

Originally Posted by bsnub

You are a fucking idiot, full stop.

Nice input to Speakers' Corner