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Former President Donald Trump has formally surrendered to authorities in a prison in Fulton County in the state of Georgia and was subsequently released on bail, according to court documents, CNN reports. A mugshot of Donald Trump was also taken, Fulton County Police Chief Patrick Labat said. Trump arrived at the prison around 01:30 CET to report to authorities as part of the case against him for manipulating the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. He was in jail for 20 minutes before driving from the scene in a caravan of cars toward Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in metropolitan Atlanta. This is the fourth lawsuit filed against Donald Trump. There was an agreement in advance that Donald Trump could be released on $200,000 bail from the Fulton County jail. Trump has not yet disclosed his position on the charges against him.  However, when entering his private plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, he said “We did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong.” He is charged with a total of 13 counts.  /ritzau/