Former US president, Donald Trump would be surrendering himself to authorities at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, on Aug. 24.
He will be released on bond after submitting himself to the jail procedure, including taking a mug shot—the first ever taken of a former Commander in Chief.
Trump has until noon on Aug. 25 to have himself booked to avoid arrest after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged him and 18 associates with dozens of crimes.
The former president and some of his associates were indicted with more than 50 charges, including a conspiracy based on his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
A number of the defendants already surrendered themselves, including Rudy Giuliani, former lawyer to President Trump and mayor of New York City; attorneys John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, and Ray Smith III; alternate electors Cathleen Latham and David Shafer; and Georgia bail bondsman Scott Hall.
All of them have been released on bail.
Ms. Willis is proposing a trial date of March 4, a breakneck schedule for a case of this size, some lawyers have opined.
Several defendants have asked judges to have the case removed to federal court because they acted “under color” of federal office.
Removal has been already requested by defendants Mark Meadows, former congressman, and chief-of-staff to President Trump, former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, and former Georgia Republican Party Chair David Shafer.
President Trump is facing a March 2024 trial date for state charges brought against him in New York for allegedly false bookkeeping entries.
