Trump expected to surrender after 4th indictment

The stage is now set for former President Trump's fourth arrest.

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00:00 >> This morning, the sheriff's office in Fulton County,

00:02 Georgia announcing former president Donald Trump and 18

00:06 alleged co-conspirators are expected to turn themselves in

00:10 by the district attorney's deadline Friday August 25th.

00:13 The sheriff's office says it's expected that all 19 defendants

00:17 named in the indictment will be booked at the Rice Street jail.

00:21 The racketeering indictment accuses Trump of applying

00:24 pressure on officials for weeks to overturn election results,

00:28 including 11 phone calls one to Georgia Secretary of State

00:32 Brad raffensperger.

00:33 >> So look all I want to do is this I just want to find

00:38 11,000 780

00:43 votes which is one more than we have

00:46 because we won the state.

00:48 >> White House chief of staff Mark Meadows who set up that

00:51 call.

00:52 >> Mister president everybody is on the line.

00:54 >> Is now moving to have the case against him tried in

00:57 federal court Trump has remained defiant using the charges as

01:02 ammo on the campaign trail.

01:03 >> Every time one of these new sets of charges comes out his

01:07 fundraising numbers they go up he goes up in the polls.

01:10 >> This as Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani also charged is

01:14 on defense.

01:15 >> I thought what I was doing this I was protected by the

01:17 fact that is defending him.

01:19 >> Experts say although we're in the middle of an election

01:22 jurors will be focused on facts not politics.

01:26 >> Jury's always surprised me with how good and fair they

01:29 are and we'll see what happens with this case, but if he's

01:32 taking this lightly or anyone's taking this lightly that's a

01:35 huge mistake because this is a very serious crime with very

01:39 serious implications.

01:40 >> The Fulton County D a says she wants to try this case in

01:44 6 months and that she intends to try all 19 defendants at the

01:48 same time it is possible that some defendants could take a

01:52 plea deal before it goes to trial. Lionel Moyes ABC News,

01:56 New York.