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ATLANTA AP 鈥?Former President Donald Trump surrendered Thursday on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 ele stanley cup ction in Georgia, a brisk 20-minute booking that yielded a historic first: a mug shot of a former American president.He was released on $200,000 bond and headed back to the airport for his return flight home to New Jersey.Trumps surrender to law enforcement authorities has become by now a familiar election-season routine in a way that belies the unprecedented spectacle of a former president being booked, in four different cities, on felony criminal charges.But his visit to Atlanta was notably different from the three past surrenders, unfolding at night and requiring him to visit a problem-plagued jail 鈥?rather than a courthouse 鈥?and not in a liberal bastion like New York or Washington but rather in the heart of a battleground state vital to the 2024 presidential election. And unlike in other cities that did not require him to pose for a mug shot, a booking photo of him was taken, according to a person familiar with the proceedings.READ MORE: Trump attacks rivals in online interview with Tucker Carlson while stanley cup skipping first presidential debateTrump landed in Atlanta shortly after 7 p.m. and was driven, through the city rush-hour traffic, to jail for the booking process. Wearing his signature white shirt and red tie, he offered a wave and stanley cup thumbs up as he descended the steps of his private plane.He completed the process in 20 minutes, providing o Srud WATCH: Former U.S. special envoy to Haiti delivers remarks
Brian Encinia, adidas samba the Texas trooper聽who聽arrested Sandra Bland, had been warned about unprofessional conduct in 2014, according to documents obtain stanley cup ed by the Associated Press.The Texas Department of Public Safety released the trooper file in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the AP.The file reveals that in an evaluation last fall, his supervisor wrote that Encinia was given a written counseling for unprofessional conduct 8230; for an incident occurring while at a school in Austin. No further details were available about that incident, the AP reported.The evaluation also said:In the future, Trooper Encinia should conduct himself at all tim stanley cup es in a manner that will reflect well upon himself, the Department, and the State of Texas. This supervisor will ensure that this is done by meeting periodically with Trooper Encinia.On July 10, in a case that has since gained national attention, Encinia stopped Bland for failure to use a turn signal.The interaction, which was captured on a police dashcam video, quickly escalated after Bland refused to put out her cigarette, and the trooper attempted to physically remove her from her vehicle.At one point during the encounter, Encinia pointed a Taser at Bland and said, I will light you up.Bland was ultimately arrested for assault of a public servant.Three days after her arrest, a guard found Bland hanging in her jail cell.Texas officials said Bland used a trash bag to hang hersel