That’s what Sheriff Patrick Labat of Fulton County, Ga., said a presser…..
That would be demeaning to Trump since THAT has NOT hit the media….
But could actually help Trump with his supporters…..
We’re waiting for the Grand Jury there to hand down charges….
The NY Times piece says the Secret Service could TRY to overrule this….
I don’t think THAT is the part of the Trump’s detai’ls mission….
The arrest procedure SHOULD solely up to Sheriff….The Scret Service should just be bystanders…..
The sheriff of Fulton County, Ga., said on Tuesday that if former President Donald J. Trump were to be indicted in connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state, he would not receive special treatment, and would be booked and photographed like any other defendant.
The Fulton County district attorney, Fani T. Willis, has signaled that she will bring indictments in the matter by the middle of the month.
“Unless someone tells me differently,” the sheriff, Patrick Labat, said on Tuesday, his office would follow “normal practices, and so it doesn’t matter your status. We’ll have mug shots ready for you.”
Sheriff Labat’s remarks raised the prospect that a former president could be booked at the county jail near downtown Atlanta. But it remains to be seen whether the Secret Service would weigh in and alter the sheriff’s plans, should an indictment of Mr. Trump come to pass….
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Mr. Labat said that “dozens” of threats had emerged in recent months, directed at him, the district attorney and local judges. He said that one person was arrested several months ago based on a threat investigation, and that the authorities were looking into other threats.
“The threats have been many,” he said. “And so they started via email, via text message, via personal phone calls. And just as we had threats before, both Madam D.A. and I, we ran those to ground.”….
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Mr. Trump has taken personal shots at Ms. Willis, saying she was a “racist” and calling for street demonstrations if he is indicted.
Over the weekend, Ms. Willis, who is Black, forwarded an offensive email she recently received to a number of local officials. She called the email, which referred to her with an inflammatory and racist epithet, as “pretty typical and what I have come to expect,” adding, “I am sending to you in case you are unclear on what I and my staff have come accustomed to over the last two and a half years. I guess I am sending this as a reminder that you should stay alert over the month of August and stay safe.”
In a reply, the county’s solicitor general, Keith E. Gammage, wrote that he was “deeply offended” and that the email was “meant to threaten, harass and intimidate, not just you, but all of us.”….