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Trump to Be Arraigned at 7:30 P.M. Thursday Eve [UPDATE-1]

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Trump announced in a rambling Truth Social post he would be arraigned this evening in Fulton County at 7:30 p.m. local time. He’s already left the Newark NJ airport.

Atlanta’s residents are being warned which roads are likely to be problematic due to security and crowds along the roadway. Local news outlet Atlanta News First offers the TL;DR:

Avoid I-85 between Georgia Tech and the airport, Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway between Maddox Park and the connector and Lowery Boulevard entirely if you can between 6:30 p.m. and roughly 9 p.m. We don’t how long the booking process will take, but Trump already has a bond agreement so he likely won’t spend any time in the Rice Street Jail. The former president should be in and out of Atlanta in a matter of hours.

Just stay off the roughly 14 miles of road between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Fulton County Jail on 901 Rice St NW from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.

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UPDATE-1 — 9:45 P.M. ET —

— Trump’s mugshot has been posted and shared widely. I’m sure you’ll see it soon if you haven’t already. I’m not sharing it here now because I’m already sick of looking at it.

Some folks are questioning if the image has been photoshopped because he has bags under his eyes and his skin doesn’t look quite right and his tie’s not the right goddamned shade of MAGA red. I can’t help ask if they’ve ever said any twaddle like that about a BIPOC person’s mugshot after arraignment. Stop feeling sorry for an old flabby-assed scofflaw who’s gotten away with so much criming over the years because the system has been built for him by people like him.

— Earlier today ABC News reported Trump had changed lawyers in Georgia. Drew Findling represented Trump in Georgia for the last two years; he’s being replaced by Steven Sadow.

— Foster Bail Bonds LLC of metro Atlanta will post Trump’s bond which has been set at $200,000.

And now for something fun:

emptywheel community member TooLoose LeTruck has won the 2023 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest with their worst opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels in an category to remain confidential.

Contributing team member Peterr proposed “a completely unauthorized new category of January 6/2020 election theft entries.”

Offer your best worst in comments below, prefacing your entry with #BLFC-6JAN2020.

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This is an open thread. Bring all your off-topic idle chatter here while you wait for the anticipated arraignment photo and rant-y perp speech to follow.

Any future updates will appear at the bottom of this post.

Indictments Ahead: Waiting on Fulton County GA [UPDATE-2]

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Because discussion of the anticipated announcement of indictments by Fulton County, Georgia district attorney’s office is bleeding into other dedicated threads, I’m publishing a post for this purpose.

The chatter began across the internet this past weekend when CNN reported the DA’s office had copies of texts implicating Team Trump — by which I mean people working directly with Trump to overturn the 2020 election — in efforts to breach voting equipment in Coffee County, Georgia.

After Fulton County accidentally released what appeared to be a copy of the charges against Donald Trump early Monday afternoon, clamor ramped up even after the copy was yanked from publication.

At this moment — shortly after 11:00 p.m. ET — we are waiting for an announcement from Fulton County DA’s office as the grand jury handed over indictments around 9:00 p.m. ET this evening.

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UPDATE-1 — 11:50 P.M. —

The charging document has been filed and published on line in the last 20 minutes.

Donald J. Trump has been charged with the following:

Description

OCGA Statute

Level

Date
1 (Violation Of The Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations) Act

16-14-4

Serious Felony

11/04/2020
5 Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer

16-4-7(b)

Felony

12/07/2020
9 Conspiracy To Commit Impersonating a Public Officer

16-4-8

Felony

12/06/2020
11 Conspiracy To Commit Forgery in the First Degree

16-4-8

Felony

12/06/2020
13 Conspiracy To Commit False Statements and Writings

16-4-8

Felony

12/06/2020
15 Conspiracy To Commit Filing False Documents

16-4-8

Felony

12/06/2020
17 Conspiracy To Commit Forgery in the First Degree

16-4-8

Felony

12/06/2020
19 Conspiracy To Commit False Statements and Writings

16-4-8

Felony

12/06/2020
27 Filing False Documents

16-10-20.1(b)

Felony

12/31/2020
28 Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer

16-4-7(b)

Felony

01/02/2021
29 False Statements and Writings

16-10-20

Felony

01/02/2021
38 Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer

16-4-7(b)

Felony

09/17/2021
39 False Statements and Writings

16-10-20

Felony

09/17/2021

D.A. Fani Willis is expected to make a public statement yet this evening.

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UPDATE-2 — 12:20 a.m. 15-AUG-2023 —

D.A. Willis held a presser, see: https://youtu.be/eRDNfE5GOqE

Willis said indictees Trump and the other 18 racketeering defendants are to surrender by noon August 25.

Georgia criminal defense attorney Josh Schiffer appeared on Atlanta First News to explain the indictment — see https://youtu.be/223pKFi4BHE

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This post may be updated as events unfold with any updates to appear at the bottom of this post.

Bring all discussion of the Fulton County investigation and indictments to this thread.