The Daily Fuckup

All 19 defendants in the Georgia election-interference case turned themselves in to Fulton County authorities by the noon Friday deadline set by prosecutors. Donald Trump was booked Thursday night, and the remaining defendants surrendered in the hours that followed before the cutoff. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/95b25c42d96c3ed8353a42ab795daca0?utm_source=openai))

The deadline was part of the criminal case brought in Fulton County over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had said after the indictment was unsealed that the defendants could surrender voluntarily no later than noon on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Court records and contemporaneous reporting show that each of the 19 defendants met that deadline. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/9a1539dcdb29fade4a835d136f6d34e1?utm_source=openai))

Trump’s surrender and booking added another public image to a case already defined by filing deadlines, bond terms and courthouse procedure. The defendants now move into the next phase of the case, where pretrial motions, bond conditions and scheduling disputes will take over from the surrender window. The deadline itself is closed; the case is not. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/95b25c42d96c3ed8353a42ab795daca0?utm_source=openai))