Former US President Donald Trump and 18 other defendants will respond on September 6 to charges they face in the state of Georgia over fraud in the 2020 election.
This procedure, called “arraignment”, is the moment when the criminal accusation document – drawn up by the prosecution and accepted by a grand jury – will be read to the defendants, who will respond.
See: Trump agrees to post $200,000 bail in Georgia
Trump’s indictment is due to be read at 10:30 am ET, when he is expected to plead not guilty.
The second defendant to have the indictment read will be former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani at 10:45 am.
It is unclear whether Trump or the other defendants will appear in person for that procedure. The Fulton County Courthouse in Georgia often allows the arraingment to be done virtually, or defendants can be excused from appearing if the judge allows it.
It is also unclear whether cameras will be allowed in the courtroom.
This is the complete list of times for each of the defendants (all in Brasilia time):
- 10:30 am: Donald Trump
- 10:45 am: Rudy Giuliani
- 11 a.m.: John Eastman
- 11:15 am: Sidney Powell
- 11:30 am: Mark Meadows
- 11:45 am: Cathy Latham
- 12 noon: Scott Hall
- 12:15 pm: Ken Chesebro
- 12:30 pm: Trevian Kutti
- 12:45 pm: Harrison Floyd
- 2 p.m.: Jeffrey Clark
- 2:15 pm: Stephen Lee
- 2:30 pm: Jenna Ellis
- 2:45 pm: Shawn Still
- 3 p.m.: Ray Smith
- 3:15 p.m.: David Shafer
- 3:30pm: Michael Roman
- 3:45 pm: Robert Cheeley
- 4 p.m.: Misty Hampton
Trump was booked and released from jail in Georgia after paying bail
Trump has left a Georgia jail after being booked and paying bail in the case involving the 2020 voter fraud allegations.
The businessman stayed in the complex for about 20 minutes. The record shows that Trump is 1.80 m tall and weighs 97 kg. He is listed as having blue eyes and blonde or strawberry-colored hair.
Prison records show that Trump was arrested and booked under arrest #P01135809. Authorities released the former president’s record photo — see through this article.
At the airport, shortly before leaving the state after filing, Trump said he had done nothing wrong, classifying the case as a hoax.
“We have every right to contest an election that we consider dishonest,” he said.
He also addressed other criminal cases pending against him, saying, “This is one case, but you have three other cases. This is election interference.”
The former president agreed to a US$200,000 bail – an amount that corresponds to around R$1 million – and other conditions for release, including not using social media to intimidate other defendants and witnesses in the case.
Charges and process
Willis’ indictment says that “Trump and the other defendants named in that indictment refused to accept that Trump lost and knowingly and willfully joined in a conspiracy to illegally change the election result in favor” of the former president.
“This conspiracy contained a common purpose and plan to commit two or more acts of extortion in Fulton County, Georgia, in other parts of the state of Georgia, and in other states.”
A phone call made in January 2021, in which Trump urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” nearly 12,000 votes that would put his voting margin ahead of Biden, showed how far the then president would go to reverse his defeat in the state, according to the prosecution.
Republican control of the legislature and executive branch in Georgia has made the state one of Trump’s biggest targets.
Source: CNN Brasil
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