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2 verified reports published on August 23, 2023.
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For Trump and the crew around him, August 23 was the kind of day that turns grievance theater into paperwork, booking photos, and legal exposure. The campaign still wanted the country to talk about stolen elections. Instead, the country got reminders that the hangover from 2020 was still collecting interest.
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Several Trump co-defendants surrendered to Fulton County authorities on Aug. 23, 2023, a day that put the Georgia election-interference case on public display. Trump’s own booking came the next day.
Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis and Rudy Giuliani were booked in Fulton County on Aug. 23, 2023, after a Georgia grand jury had already returned an indictment in the election-interference case.