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73 Former President Donald Trump speaks with the property astatine the Iowa Pork Producers booth during the 2023 Iowa State Fair astatine the Iowa State Fair Grounds connected Saturday August 12, 2023.
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Donald Trump is changing lawyers successful his Georgia predetermination lawsuit up of the erstwhile president's scheduled surrender successful Atlanta connected Thursday, NBC News confirmed.
Trump has hired lawyer Steve Sadow to regenerate Drew Findling, the lawyer who until present had represented him successful the transgression investigation into his effort to get Georgia officials to reverse his nonaccomplishment successful the state's 2020 election to President Joe Biden.
"I person been retained to correspond President Trump successful the Fulton County, Georgia case," Sadow said successful a statement.
"The president should ne'er person been indicted," Sadow said.
"He is guiltless of each the charges brought against him, we look guardant to the lawsuit being dismissed or, if necessary, an unbiased, unfastened minded assemblage uncovering the president not guilty. Prosecutions intended to beforehand oregon service the ambitions and careers of governmental opponents of the president person nary spot successful our justness system."
ABC News and CNN reported the lawyer swap earlier.
Trump was indicted past week by a Fulton County expansive assemblage successful the case, on with 18 different defendants.
He has said helium volition crook himself successful to beryllium booked aboriginal Thursday evening astatine the Fulton County jail.
Bond for Trump was acceptable astatine $200,000.
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