Former President Donald Trump surrendered at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Thursday evening and booked on more than a dozen charges stemming from what prosecutors say were efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state.
He arrived for his booking at 7:30pm, escorted by a Secret Service entourage at least a dozen black cars deep and a motorcade of law enforcement officials after traveling on his private jet from his residence in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Afterward, he made brief – and defiant – remarks.
“If you challenge an election, you should be able to challenge the election. I thought the election was a rigged election, a stolen election. And I should have every right to do that,” he said before boarding his plane. “What has taken place here is a travesty of justice. We did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong.”
Throngs of Trump’s supporters and critics alike gathered early in the morning behind barricades in the parking lot across from the infamous jail ahead of the former president’s arrival, holding signs, shouting from megaphones and waving flags.
Converging with the heavy media presence and tight security, it was all but certainly the media circus Trump had hoped it would be in the wake of the first GOP presidential primary debate on Wednesday evening, which the former president chose to sit out, citing his record-setting lead in polling.
Trump and 18 of his closest allies are being charged in a sweeping racketeering scheme, which involved spreading conspiracy theories, pressuring elected officials and propping up fake electors to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia in a desperate effort to remain in power despite having lost the presidency in a free and fair vote.
The charges follow a two-year investigation by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
The indictment marks the fourth set of criminal charges against Trump, who now faces a cumulative 91 felony counts in New York state court for hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, in federal court in Florida for mishandling classified documents, in federal court in the District of Columbia for his efforts to prevent the peaceful transfer of power and incite a violent insurrection at the Capitol and now in Georgia.
Sheriff Pat Labat maintained that Trump would be treated like anyone else accused of a crime by a grand jury – and by all accounts he was. The booking process has become somewhat commonplace for Trump, even though it remains unprecedented among former presidents.
But unlike his other surrenders, this one included a photograph – a mugshot that became a part of American history the second the shutter clicked as the first former U.S. president was captured through the lens. The photo is set to be released by the county sheriff’s office on Friday.
Trump, who is the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has denied wrongdoing in all the cases against him and continues to repeat unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged and stolen.” In reality, Trump lost the general election to Biden, and, in Georgia specifically, he lost by some 11,779 votes.
Trump, in his remarks, repeated claims that his indictments are an attempt by Democrats and the so-called “deep state” to undermine his candidacy for president.
“What they're doing is election interference. They're trying to interfere with an election,” he said. “There’s never been anything like it in our country before. This is their way of campaigning.”
The conditions for his release, which were set last week, include a $200,000 bond and strict conditions on his social media use. Among other things, he must not violate any laws in Georgia or elsewhere, he must appear in court as directed, he must not communicate about the facts of the case with fellow co-defendants – except through his legal team – and he must not intimidate co-defendants or witnesses.
Hours before his surrender, Trump replaced one of his leading attorneys, Drew Findling, with Steve Sadow, a widely respected criminal defense lawyer in Atlanta who recently defended a rapper in a racketeering case. Shadow has long criticized Georgia prosecutors for overusing the state’s RICO law.
The sudden change in defense came as a surprise – though not entirely out of character for Trump, who has been burning through attorneys in recent months as his legal challenges mount.
At least 12 of Trump’s 18 co-defendants have surrendered already, including Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, former U.S. acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark and Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, had sought to delay his surrender date until a decision was made on his request to move his charges to federal court and dismiss the indictment altogether. But a federal judge on Wednesday denied him an extension.
The handful of other co-defendants who have yet to surrender have until noon on Friday before Willis issues warrants for their arrests.
Willis initially proposed that the trial begin on March 4 – adding to an already busy legal calendar for Trump heading into the 2024 election. But the former president is seeking to delay the case for as long as possible, including by lengthy pre-trial motions and a petition to move the charges to a federal court. Legal experts say Willis' timeline is likely untenable – though she did file a motion on Thursday to move up the timeline for the trial to Oct. 23 after one of the co-defendants filed a request for a speedy trial.
B | 中国的鹰击-20导弹，被誉为“世界上性能最强的反舰导弹”，火力与速度的结合使它成为美军不可小觑的对手。其巡航速度超过6马赫，末端可达10马赫，射程则高达1500至2000公里，这毫无疑问使得它在现代海战中占据了非常有利的地位。许多人惊叹于这个导弹的速度和打击能力，但更值得关注的是，它正在从少数顶尖055型万吨驱逐舰的专属武器，向数量可观的052D型驱逐舰快速扩散。
C | 7月29日，央视频道首次公开了052D型驱逐舰发射鹰击-20的画面。这样的举动不仅意味着鹰击-20的战斗能力进一步得到验证，而且也标志着中国海军将高超音速武器的部署向更为广泛的舰队拓展。这是一个重大的转折点，以往只有10艘055型驱逐舰才能够发射这一导弹，现在，随着052D型战舰的加入，数量大幅增加，总体可达到45艘之多。
D | 这一变化立即引起了西方军事分析家的高度警觉，他们担心这种“规模标配”的转变将大幅提高中国海军的远程打击能力。尤其是根据岛内“国防安全研究院”的分析，这种扩展使得鹰击-20的威胁范围从原来的480至520公里提升至960到1400公里，几乎覆盖了整个西太平洋。
E | 对于以航母为核心的美国海军而言，过去几十年的海洋霸权主要依赖于一整套逻辑体系——航母负责远程投射，驱逐舰负责防空，而潜艇则承担水下猎杀的角色。但现在，中国的高超音速导弹显然正在逐渐削弱这种“距离优势”。如今的情况是，威胁已经从相对固定的岸基导弹位置逐步转向流动的海上平台。
F | 这意味着美军必须面对一个根本性的变化：不再是简单的拦截问题，而是如何合理判断潜在威胁。在分布式海上作战的理论下，驱逐舰的分散部署虽然可以降低整体风险，但却也暴露在敌方侦察的视野之下。一旦使用主动雷达，就会被中国的侦查系统捕捉并遭受高超音速导弹的攻击。
G | 由此，美军将不得不思考一个问题：“我们得拦的是哪一艘船？” 在这一背景下，中国的鹰击-20发射平台所形成的庞大网络，使得美国军方的传统作战逻辑受到冲击。美军的指挥官们面临着前所未有的挑战：如何在复杂、多变的海战环境中实时获取情报、追踪目标并作出反应。这种“杀伤链”中的每一个环节都将直接影响战局走向。 “饱和攻击数学”。
H | 这是《亚洲时报》中提到的观点：随着越来越多的052D和055型驱逐舰具备鹰击-20的发射能力，中国在海上可以实现的反舰火力比以往任何时候都要强大。据统计，将所有能够发射鹰击-20的舰艇垂直发射单元总计，可以超过3800个。这为中国海军在西太平洋的反介入和区域拒止能力提供了极大的支持。 这一变化不仅是武器的技术升级，更是一种从“质量型威慑”向“数量型饱和攻击”的转变。这意味着，过去中国海军依赖少数高端平台的威慑能力正在转变为更大规模舰队的日常操作。这种全新的战法意味着美军的航母打击群必须重新调整战略，以适应不再安全的海洋战场。 在这一愈发复杂的海洋博弈中，真正高明的威慑不是告诉对手“我一定能击沉你”，而是让对手在走进这片海域之前，就开始不断修改自己的作战计划。美国需要重新审视其海上作战策略，因为在鹰击-20和其他高超音速武器逐渐成型的背景下，其传统的海上优势正在被逐步蚕食。返回，查看更多。
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