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Trump denounces a “judicial farce” after his arrest in Georgia
Posted on: August 25, 2023: 04:01 AM GST Last updated: August 25, 2023: 04:51 AM GST
Former US President Donald Trump was arrested today, Friday, for a short period of “about 20 minutes” in an Atlanta prison because of his campaign pressure in 2020 in the state of Georgia, according to a document issued by the sheriff’s office.
After taking his measurements, the former president was released on bail, provided that his criminal picture would also be published. Before leaving for Atlanta, the Republican billionaire wrote in a post on his social media platform, “Truth,” that it was “another sad day in America.”
After his release from prison, Trump cleared, in a press statement, all accusations against him in Georgia.
Trump said: They did it again and they stole the election and it was rigged.
Trump described the criminal prosecutions against him as “electoral interference” and denounced a “judicial farce” after his arrest in Georgia.
And last week, the judiciary in Atlanta, the capital of the state of Georgia, indicted the former Republican president in a case of conspiracy to rig the 2020 elections, and ordered him to surrender by Friday noon (17:00 GMT).
The judge reportedly set bail for the 77-year-old Trump at $200,000.
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Georgia authorities released former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani on $150,000 bail Wednesday, following his arrest on charges of helping Trump overturn the 2020 election results in the southern state.
Ten other defendants in this case had previously surrendered themselves in this prison, and all of them were released on bail, the last of whom was the former chief of staff at the White House, Mark Meadows, who paid a $100,000 bail and got out.
There is a single defendant in this case who was kept behind bars after he turned himself in, Harrison Floyd, and he was detained because he did not previously conclude an agreement with the judiciary to pay bail in exchange for his release.
And all the defendants in this case who entered this prison to surrender themselves, and some of them under cover of night, got out of it to find their criminal photos that were taken of them inside it topping the news headlines.
Support for Trump is increasing five months before the start of the primaries to select the Republican candidate for the 2024 US presidential elections, but many criminal cases overshadow his attempt to return to the White House.
Trump’s surrender to the Georgia authorities comes hours after the first debate in Milwaukee for the Republican primaries, in which the controversial billionaire chose not to participate, claiming that opinion polls confirm his lead by a large margin over the rest of his competitors.
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2023-08-25 00:01:00
