Donald Trump, allies will be booked on charges at Georgia jail, not court, sheriff says

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

Published 10:00 p.m. ET Aug. 15, 2023

Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants in a Georgia racketeering case will be booked at the county jail − in contrast to the courthouse processing in his other three criminal cases − and could turn themselves in at any time, Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat's office announced Tuesday.

Trump was indicted Monday on conspiracy and other charges for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. His fellow defendants include lawyer Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

Labat's office said in a statement bookings will happen at the Rice Street jail, although plans could change without notice. The jail is open 24 hours per day and the defendants could show up at any time, Labat said. “At this point, based on guidance received from the district attorney’s office and presiding judge, it is expected that all 19 defendants named in the indictment will be booked at the Rice Street Jail,” the statement said.

But the sheriff added that arrangements are subject to change. "Due to the unprecedented nature of this case, some circumstances may change with little or no warning," the statement said. Trump's team has not disclosed his plans for booking or arraignment, which are technically separate events.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/15/donald-trump-booking-jail/70599899007/

[EYESORE 9001]

1. Enjoy your visit to jail, brief though it may be

This will make great video - the crimin…err…SUSpects getting booked at the hoosegow. A reminder to all & sundry that shit done got real and a lengthy stay at the graybar motel is definitely possible.

[RocRizzo55]

2. FROG MARCH! FROG MARCH! FROG MARCH! FROG MARCH!

FROG MARCH them all.

[onetexan]

14. 😁👏☝️

🙃🐸🔒🤡

[Botany]

3. Fulton County sheriff, "The jail is open 24/7."

Fulton County sheriff says "defendants can turn themselves in at any time. The jail is open 24/7"

I hope they make Trump sit with the other prisoners before they "tag and bag" him.

[Novara]

4. I'll bet they change that.

But if they do this, how does it work? They still have to go in to be arraigned in front of a magistrate judge, right? So they are technically arrested and then set free until the arraignment? Is that routinely done? Who decides they can be free after arrest and until arraignment? Doesn't the magistrate judge decide on remand/no remand, bail conditions, etc?

Trying to figure out the logistics here.

[Native]

17. I'm womdering about this too.

[CanonRay]

34. Night Court!

Honorable Harry T Stone, presiding.

[BumRushDaShow]

38. I loved that show...

[OnlinePoker]

40. The reboot is unwatchable. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

42. I can imagine.

When it comes to quirky shows like that or "WKRP in Cincinnati", etc., you can rarely if ever recapture the chemistry of the cast that made the show a hit.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

45. The cast often is only as good as the writing

And the writing is the #1 thing I've found lacking with bad reboots.

Chemistry comes from working together long enough and having great material to work with, more than anything. The original WKRP cast, for instance, was a bit awkward with each other at first, but spending more time working with each other ironed out the kinks. Meanwhile, the excellence of the writing sustained them over that hump.

I think one thing that made the original WKRP and Night Court successful was that the show creators were from the worlds they were writing about. Their input, week-to-week, kept the shows grounded in their own experiences in AM radio and night court. The new writers had no real experience with what the shows were about, so they couldn't create believable story lines or dialogue.

WKRP is a good example of why that experiences matters. The show became scary good in its last season, because it had a long story arc reflecting the beginnings of that transition from mom-and-pop owned radio to corporate-controlled radio. Only someone who had worked in that business for a long time would have seen what was happening--and understood the nuances of it so well. So it was still super-funny, but it was addressing some serious and relevant issues, too.

[BumRushDaShow]

49. Definitely agree that when you have what I call procedural sit coms

you have to have someone in there (even if only as an "advisor" ) providing input on the setting (whether it's a "hospital/medical" show like M*A*S*H or some "local" but recognizable type business show like "Taxi", etc). And certainly court-related shows would fit that.

Otherwise it becomes disjointed to the viewers and a source of disbelief by those who actually work in those settings!

[mysteryowl]

56. Good one!

[MiHale]

5. This should be fun...who's first?...who's next?...

Will they all come in together or trickle in separately? Will TFG show? If not then what?

Well I’ve gotta get to the store…need more popcorn.

[Oopsie Daisy]

6. This is so exciting!! I can't wait!!

This is the BEST...AUGUST...EVER!!!

[Joinfortmill]

7. Presented an educational program

to inmates of a city jail a very long time ago. Doors actually do clang shut behind you. And we were told we could not leave until the specified time the program ended. Eerie, believe me.

[tanyev]

19. Yep. I worked in a sheriff's office for a few years.

I was in the records department which was off the main lobby, but often had reason to go back into the jail area. Never got used to the sound of the doors clanging shut behind me.

[PatrickforB]

22. Some decades ago, I was in the county jail to conduct a workshop for

inmates about to be released - how to interview, fill out job applications, etc.

It is a mean place, jail. And you're right about the doors. Scary place.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

46. One of our school field trips

Was to the local nick. I know, what were they thinking? It was the 70s. That's the only excuse I can think of to explain doing something like that to 13-year-olds.

Anyway, it's like you said: Those doors clanged shut behind us, and it was indeed creepy to know that we were stuck in there with some unsavory characters.

[forgotmylogin]

61. Isn't that what the "scared straight" documentaries were about?

They took troubled teens to visit jailed felons to talk some sense into them (often terrifyingly) and get a taste of what could await them if they kept on the same path.

(Not saying you were troubled or bad in any way, I could see a tour of the "visitor" areas being educational.)

[Irish_Dem]

8. Will the secret service insist it is "too dangerous" for Trump to go to a jail?

I assume Trump will play games and get special treatment.
Instructing the SS to obstruct?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. We have heard only about barriers at the Court House, not the Jail. Is it already planned?

It probably has already been planned that he will be booked and arraigned simultaneously at the Court House, with mug shot there too. I think that is probably best, purely for logistics.

But, ... the interesting question is posed: Can the rump convince a judge that he is capable of restraining his "speech" to civil standards. That is where he needs to be treated like other accused.

[Irish_Dem]

18. Trump will not restrain his speech unless there is a big payoff of some sort for him.

And even then I am not sure he can do it for long.

[PatrickforB]

23. I don't know if Trump can shut up. He is a true narcissist, so he just talks and talks and talks,

and his talk is all lies, threats, ugliness. And self-adoration. Let's not forget that.

[Irish_Dem]

24. We may find out if he has any iota of self restraint left.

[PatrickforB]

28. I'll tell you, Irish, it has been a long hard road since that day in 2016 when

Trump got in the race. My wife and I both walked around like zombies, in shock after he was elected. We watched as he and his kids kept getting rich while he was in the White House. We shook our heads when he refused to take responsibility for anything.

He he has the blood of hundreds of thousands on his hands and he nearly ended this republic. I can remember weeping with my wife on January 6.

My fondest hope is to see the day Trump is sent to prison, hopefully for the rest of his life. He really IS too dangerous to be walking around free.

[llashram]

36. ++

I got up on the post-election morning with a WTF!

[Irish_Dem]

37. Yes. Greatest threat to our democracy in US history.

Greatest moral collapse of the American people as well.

The damage done by Trump and the GOP is incalculable.
And will take decades to repair and heal.

Yes Trump will be grave danger to our country as long as he is free.

[3catwoman3]

63. Self restraint/control. Hmmmm.

How can he have any left when he’s never had any to begin with?

[Irish_Dem]

64. Right, it isn't in him to hold back.

He is like a bubble gum machine, what is in his head comes out of his mouth.
And he takes what he wants.

[SoFlaBro]

44. A proverbial punch in his stupid fucking face would get that bastard to shut his shithole real fast.

n/t

[Irish_Dem]

57. Right so it looks like he will be booked and arraigned at the Court House.

I think at this point the only way to convince a judge that he can keep his mouth shut
is by actually STFU.

[BonnieJW]

43. It's only dangerous

When he's out of jail

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

47. He'd be perfectly safe in most Supermaxes

Particularly in ADX Florence. Two of its sectors are essentially solitary confinement, and have security so stringent that even the SS couldn't object.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Reality bites. . . . nt

[James48]

10. They won't let him out on bail.

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He is a risk of juror intimidation.

Under Georgia Law, he’s going to have to convince a judge that he won’t try
To intimidate.

They won’t let him out until he is tried.
tHROW his ass in a cell. Please.

[Novara]

20. They're not going to imprison him at the arraignment

They should, but they won't. Maybe not even if he starts intimidating witnesses in this case as well. He always gets special treatment.

[James48]

25. iTS ACTUALLY IN GEORIGA LAW.

In order to qualify for bail, you have to show that you aren't a flight risk, or a community risk , AND you can't be a risk of trying to intimidate jurors or the legal system.

That last criteria is Trump's biggest hurdle.

I say he won't get out on bail.

[Ponietz]

31. Set his bail at $500 million cash only

When he opens his yap jail him and forfeit the bail.

[onenote]

62. Bail is being set. He'll walk out of the booking. And then he'll walk out of the arraignment.

Sorry, but that's reality.

[TurboDem]

12. This is the part I've been looking forward to.

I hope I'm not disappointed.

[rambler_american]

13. sing along

[turbinetree]

15. Take everyone of these jerks passport .......and disable that fucking plane

by removing the batteries and pulling the Flight Data Computers and the Flight Management Computer....

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

50. You don't need to disable his plane

Its limited range means he has only one route out to avoid extradition: Alaska to Siberia. If that plane heads to Alaska, he'll have a welcoming party waiting for him long before that plane hits the tarmac.

[twodogsbarking]

16. I hope they make him wait an hour or more. I would.

[NoMoreRepugs]

21. I am normally a VERY vindictive individual but I find this whole

SlobFather legal situation to be terribly disturbing. The Rule of Law must be upheld no matter the cost, the resulting hardening of the schism that exists means decades more of political fighting versus advancement for the common good.

He and his minions must be CRUSHED for their attempted Insurrection. That’s in concrete. If we had a wholly sane electorate this would not exist - but we don’t and it does.



As a grandfather I just worry.

[Ponietz]

32. Pauperized, then crushed

Same difference, I guess.

[NoMoreRepugs]

39. Pauperized - great word!

[Lonestarblue]

26. The sheriff should provide a tour of the jail for Trump and his co-conspirators so they can see

what they have to look forward too. State jails may be even worse than country jails. It might make some of Trump’s co-conspirators a bit more willing to flip on Trump and score a plea deal.

[sarcasmo]

27. The mugshot t-shirt business will be booming.

[IronLionZion]

29. Trump for Prison!

Perp walk, cuff him, lock him up!

I know that's unlikely but I dare to dream.

[roomtomove]

30. isn't a judge necessary to set bail?

[llmart]

33. Who knows if he'll even show up.

He has been pushing the buttons of the law his entire life and getting away with most of it where anyone else wouldn't. He may suddenly have a "life threatening" medical event that delays him showing up. I put nothing past him.

Also, we'll be hearing a lot of that "unprecedented" word from the media. However, one of my father's sayings, trite though it may be, was,"There's a first time for everything".

[Bernardo de La Paz]

41. He did show up for the other three & risks being held without bail if he doesn't show up. . . . nt

[orangecrush]

52. My thoughts exactly.

[llashram]

35. yah

talk about striking fear in the hearts of the guilty. Nice move.

[world wide wally]

48. So what happens to a cellmate who decides he can't take the loudmouth any more

and punches him in the face?
(just wishful thinking)

[republianmushroom]

51. donald they are not going to screw around with you and your crime family.

Thank you, Sheriff, Willis and team.

[muriel_volestrangler]

53. Note for Rudi: that's the Rice Street Jail in Atlanta, not the Old Pickens County Jail

https://www.exploregeorgia.org/jasper/general/historic-sites-trails-tours/old-pickens-county-jail

The Alcatraz Jail-Hostel in Tbilisi, Georgia? Right out. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g294195-d12613973-Reviews-Alcatraz_Jail_Hostel-Tbilisi.html

I know how hard Rudi finds it to get to the correct address.

[Novara]

54. It's two days since the indictment and no news on when any of them are to surrender?

Maybe Fani Willis gave them all too much time when she gave them almost two weeks to surrender. Maybe she should have given them all until the end of this week only.

[Kennah]

55. Unless they flip

[mysteryowl]

58. Do they each get a tracking anklet?

[elleng]

59. I appreciate the image, this evokes.

[Brainfodder]

60. And there was my rejoicing!

No $200 fer u!