Former President Donald Trump has announced he'll be surrendering to Atlanta-area authorities on Thursday in connection to the 2020 Georgia election interference case. Trump also confirmed he's not appearing at Wednesday's first 2024 Republican presidential debate.
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00:00 Well, now to the latest in the 2020 Georgia election interference case, where former President Donald Trump has announced he'll be surrendering to Atlanta area authorities on Thursday.
00:09 President also confirming that he's not appearing at tomorrow's first Republican presidential debate. Here's ABC's Justin Finch.
00:16 In Atlanta, attorneys for former President Donald Trump striking a deal with the Fulton County prosecutor to surrender at the county jail Thursday for fingerprinting and his mugshot photo.
00:28 The agreement calls for Trump to be released on $200,000 bond and with clear cut conditions.
00:35 Trump can make no direct or indirect threat towards any potential witnesses, including his 18 alleged co-conspirators.
00:45 That provision also including posts on social media or repost a post made by another individual.
00:52 Trump's defense lawyers, a judge and top Fulton County prosecutor, Fonny Willis, signing off on those terms.
00:59 Last week, Willis handed down an indictment accusing Trump of orchestrating a scheme to reverse his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.
01:08 One hundred thousand dollar bonds were set for Trump attorneys John Eastman and Kenneth Chesborough, who were also due to surrender at the Fulton jail this week.
01:18 Sources tell ABC News Trump pre-taped an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to run head to head against tomorrow's first twenty twenty four Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee.
01:31 Trump on social media posting that he's not attending, adding the public knows who I am and what a successful presidency I had.
01:40 I will therefore not be doing the debates.
01:44 His rivals pouncing he's a coward. If I had his record, I'd be nervous about showing up to nobody is entitled to anything in this world,
01:55 let less of all the Republican nomination for president.
01:59 And the new NBC News Des Moines Register Media Com poll finds 42 percent of likely Iowa caucus goers backing Trump as their first choice for president,
02:09 with DeSantis following at 19 percent and seven other candidates holding single digit support.
02:16 Justin Finch, ABC News, Washington.