Defendants in Trump case surrender: Earlier coverage

Former President Donald Trump has been released from the Fulton County jail, shortly after being booked.

Trump was released just before 8 p.m. on a $200,000 bond that his former attorneys and the Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis agreed on last week. He gave a thumbs-up to supporters as he left.

His booking appeared on the Fulton County Jail website minutes before he arrived at the jail.

He is being charged with violation of the State’s RICO act, conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer, filing false documents, conspiracy to commit filing false documents, two counts each of false statements and writings, conspiracy to commit false statements and writings, conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree and three counts of solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer.

While still president, Trump had a handful of phone calls with Georgia officials in late 2020 and early 2021, pressing them to find ways to reverse Joe Biden’s narrow victory in Georgia and hand him the state’s 16 electoral votes. He was also allegedly involved in discussions about appointing a slate of fake GOP electors in swing states and pushed numerous false conspiracy theories.