Rapid Response Memo: Trump Arraignment Demonstration in Atlanta, Georgia
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Following a public indictment by a grand jury in Fulton County the week of August 14, Former President Donald J. Trump agreed to turn himself in for arraignment on August 24 at the Fulton County Jail on Rice Street in Atlanta. Just before 10 PM on August 21, Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social decrying District Attorney Fani Willis, joking about flying to Russia to escape arrest, and calling Atlanta a “violent crime war zone”, before saying he would surrender for arraignment. The following evening, supporters of the former U.S. president began calling for a demonstration outside of the jail at 10 AM on Thursday, August 24.
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