Trump plans to turn himself in on Thursday over Georgia indictment

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump plans to surrender on Thursday in Atlanta in connection with his indictment in Georgia on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, he said on social media on Monday.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/tmanpupa  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Former US President Donald Trump plans to turn himself in on Thursday to Atlanta authorities

00:07 over his indictment in Georgia, according to a social media post Monday.

00:12 On his Truth Social platform, Trump said, "I'll be going to Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday

00:18 to be arrested."

00:20 The indictment alleges his connection with efforts to overturn his presidential election

00:24 loss in the state of Georgia in 2020.

00:28 In a 98-page indictment unveiled last week, Trump and 18 other defendants were charged

00:34 with a total of 41 criminal counts in the case.

00:38 In his Truth Social post Monday, the former president described it as a politically motivated

00:43 act to derail his re-election campaign.

00:46 CNN reported that the surrender date was set during negotiations on Monday between Trump's

00:51 lawyers and the Fulton County District Attorney's Office over Trump's consent bond and release

00:57 conditions.

00:58 A court filing of the agreement shows the former president faces a $200,000 bond and

01:04 orders not to send or repost threatening social media messages as he awaits trial in Georgia.

01:11 The local sheriff's office said earlier on Monday there will be a "hard lockdown" of

01:17 the area surrounding the Fulton County Jail, commonly known as Rice Street, when Trump

01:22 surrenders.

01:23 The Georgia case is Trump's fourth indictment.

01:26 He has pled not guilty in all of those cases.

01:29 While he is the current frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, he

01:34 could spend much of next year in court, even as he campaigns for the White House.

01:39 Prosecutors in the Georgia case have proposed that the trial start on March 4, while Trump's

01:44 lawyers have asked for a 2026 trial.

01:47 The trial is scheduled for March 4.

01:49 For more information visit www.fema.gov

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