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Donald Trump says he will surrender to Georgia authorities on Thursday

Former US president faces racketeering and other charges relating to effort to overturn 2020 election

Donald Trump has said he will surrender to authorities in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, one day after his rivals for the Republican party’s nomination for president are set to take the stage for a primetime debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Trump said in a statement on his Truth Social platform late on Monday that he would be flying to Atlanta on Thursday to be “arrested by a radical left district attorney”. The former president faces 13 charges in Georgia, including violating the state’s anti-racketeering laws and criminal conspiracy.

“Can you believe it?” Trump said in the post, accusing Fani Willis, the Democratic dis