Former President Donald Trump speaks with the press on the Iowa Pork Producers booth throughout the 2023 Iowa State Fair on the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Aug. 12, 2023.
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Donald Trump is changing lawyers in his Georgia election case ahead of the previous president’s scheduled give up in Atlanta on Thursday, NBC News confirmed.
Trump has hired attorney Steve Sadow to exchange Drew Findling, the lawyer who until now had represented him within the criminal investigation into his effort to get Georgia officials to reverse his loss within the state’s 2020 election to President Joe Biden.
“I actually have been retained to represent President Trump within the Fulton County, Georgia case,” Sadow said in an announcement.
“The president should never have been indicted,” Sadow added.
“He’s innocent of all the fees brought against him, we look ahead to the case being dismissed or, if crucial, an unbiased, open minded jury finding the president not guilty. Prosecutions intended to advance or serve the ambitions and careers of political opponents of the president don’t have any place in our justice system.”
ABC News and CNN reported the lawyer swap earlier.
Trump was indicted last week by a Fulton County grand jury within the case, together with 18 other defendants.
He has said he’ll turn himself in to be booked early Thursday evening on the Fulton County jail.
Bond for Trump was set at $200,000.
That is breaking news. Check back for updates.
