Ken Bredemeier
Former U.S. President Donald Trump left the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta about 20 minutes after he arrived to be booked on felony charges of racketeering and conspiracy linked to his alleged efforts to overturn his 2020 reelection loss in Georgia.
He arrived at the jail shortly after 7:30 p.m. EDT and his mugshot was taken there.
This marks an unprecedented fourth time that Trump was to be arrested and booked in the past five months.
Trump Is Booked on Charges He Ran a Criminal Conspiracy to Overturn Elections Results
Trump was released pending trial after paying a $200,000 bond his lawyers negotiated earlier this week with Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis.
Before boarding his plane at Atlanta’s airport, he spoke briefly to reporters about his arrest.
“What has taken place here is a travesty of justice. We did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong, and everybody knows that,” Trump said. “What they’re doing is election interference,” he added.
“We did nothing wrong at all, and we have every right, every single right, to challenge an election that we think is dishonest,” Trump added.
He declined to answer questions from the press.
No previous U.S. president has been charged with criminal offenses, but Trump is now facing 91 charges across the four indictments for his alleged actions before, during and after his single-term presidency ended in early 2021.
He faces 13 charges in Georgia, where Willis on Thursday called for an October 23 start date for his trial and that of 18 co-defendants. But Trump and others could object to a trial starting in two months. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee will ultimately pick the date.
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