15 August 2023 , 19:51
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Donald Trump is finally set to have his police mugshot taken after being indicted over anti-mob boss legislation.
The ex-US President and 18 allies face charges over efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia. County Sheriff Pat Labat said: “Unless somebody tells me differently, we are following normal practices, and so it doesn’t matter your status, we’ll have a mugshot ready for you.”
The nearly 100-page indictment details dozens of acts by the group to undo Trump’s defeat to Joe Biden. The tycoon, who is running for re-election to the White House next year, is charged with racketeering that carries up to 20 years in prison.
The group are also accused of pressuring Georgia’s secretary of state to find enough votes for him to win the state and a plot to steal data from a voting machine firm. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said: “The indictment alleges rather than abide by Georgia’s legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia’s presidential election result.”
Indictment containing Trump's name (AP)Other defendants include the former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani. Ms Willis said the defendants would be able to voluntarily surrender by August 25. She added she plans to seek a trial date within six months and to try them collectively. Following his fourth criminal indictment of the year, Trump said the charges were part of a witch hunt.
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On his Truth social media site, he wrote: “19 people Indicated [sic], including the former President of the United States, me, by an out of control and very corrupt District Attorney who campaigned and raised money on, ‘I will get Trump’. Why didn’t they Indict 2.5 years ago? Because they wanted to do it right in the middle of my political campaign. Witch Hunt.”
Trump later promised to release irrefutable evidence of the Georgia “election fraud” next week, claiming it would lead to all charges being dropped against him and his allies. Before being indicted, Trump appeared to warn former Georgia lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan against testifying in the state’s 2020 election investigation.
He wrote: “He shouldn’t. I barely know him but he was, right from the beginning of this Witch Hunt, a nasty disaster for those looking into the Election Fraud in Georgia.” It comes days after US district judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing Trump’s January 6 case in Washington, DC, warned against making inflammatory statements that could intimidate trial witnesses.