Washington [US], August 24: Former US President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in a Georgia prison on August 24, while a witness against him has changed his testimony.
Yesterday (August 23, Vietnam time), the first two defendants in the criminal case of the state of Georgia (USA) accused former President Donald Trump and his associates of plotting to overturn the defeat in the election. The 2020 president presented at the Fulton County Jail (Atlanta City, Georgia), also known as the Rice Street Jail, according to Reuters.
According to the indictment released last week, Trump and 18 other defendants were indicted on fraud and other charges for trying to reverse Trump's defeat in Georgia in the election.
Conditions of bail for Mr. Trump
The Fulton County Sheriff's Office announced that the remaining 17 defendants named in the indictment must appear at Rice Street Detention Center before noon on August 25. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump wrote on the social network Truth Social that he would arrive in the Georgia capital Atlanta on August 24 to present as requested, but did not give an exact time, according to AFP.
Presenting at the prison is a necessary procedure for fingerprinting and portrait photography before the defendant is released on bail. After lawyers worked with the Fulton County Attorney's Office on August 21, Mr. Trump agreed to pay $ 200,000 (more than 4.7 billion dong) and accept other conditions to be released. Mr. Trump's bail conditions are more binding than the other defendants in the case. He was banned from using social media to target the remaining 18 defendants, as well as those involved who were not prosecuted, according to CNN.
The Fulton County Sheriff's Office has established a tight security perimeter around the Fulton County Jail. "When former President Trump presents himself, there will be a strict blockade of the area around Rice Street Jail," the Fulton County Sheriff's Office said.
Witness changes testimony
Meanwhile, NBC News yesterday, citing new court documents, said a key witness against former President Trump and two of his accomplices in the case of keeping classified documents at the Mar-a-Lago resort. After leaving office, he withdrew his previous false statement.
In July, Yuscil Taveras, director of information technology at former President Trump 's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, changed his testimony about allegedly trying to delete security camera footage at Mar. -a-Lago. This is a video that has significant evidence for the allegations about Mr. Trump. The exchange of testimony came after the witness replaced the attorney, hired by Mr. Trump's Save America PAC, with a public attorney. Mr. Taveras decided to change lawyers after learning he was being investigated for making false statements before.
Before a grand jury in Washington DC in March, Mr. Taveras "repeatedly denied or stated he did not recall any contacts or conversations about security footage at Mar-a-Lago," according to the filing. court. In this dossier, Mr. Taveras was identified as "Trump Employee 4", and 2 of Mr. Trump's accomplices, Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira. "Shortly after receiving the new attorney, "Trump Staff 4" retracted his previous false testimony and provided information regarding Nauta, De Oliveira and Mr. Trump seeking to delete the security camera footage, as set forth in the superseding indictment," the filing reads.
Mr. Taveras' revised testimony led to an alternative indictment of the secrecy. In the alternate indictment, Trump was charged with three more counts, bringing the total to 40, according to Reuters.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper