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Former President Trump arrested, released at Fulton County jail in election case
Former President Donald Trump is expected to voluntarily surrender for arrest at the Fulton County Jail on Thursday night.
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ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump turned himself in at the Fulton County Jail on Thursday night to be booked on felony charges in connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.
Trump arrived at the jail shortly after 7:30 p.m. ET in a presidential-style motorcade and was booked, fingerprinted and photographed for a mugshot within minutes, according to jail records. Trump was quickly released, according to the records.
"I have to start getting ready to head down to Atlanta, Georgia" to "get ARRESTED by a Radical Left, Lowlife District Attorney, Fani Willis," Trump, 77, said Thursday afternoon in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, where he also exaggerated the crime rate in Atlanta. "Arrest time: 7:30 p.m.," he added in all capital letters.
Trump, 77, left his summer home in Bedminster, New Jersey, shortly before 4 p.m. ET and took his private plane to Atlanta, where he was indicted last week on racketeering and conspiracy charges.
He gave a thumb's up to the cameras as he walked off the plan at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
After arriving at the jail, Trump was to be processed and then released under the terms of a $200,000 bond agreement his attorneys struck with Willis' office this week. A date for his arraignment has not yet been announced.
Trump has maintained he's not guilty of any wrongdoing and has accused Willis, a Democrat, of "election interference" for charging him since he's again running for president.