2020 United States elections

New book excerpt: "His team returned with the not terribly Earth-shattering news that Donald Trump might indeed have his price."

Political science and public relations experts at Virginia Tech believe that Trump and his team carefully planned out how he should look in the mugshot. 

Trump faces 13 felony counts including racketeering, for pressuring state officials to reverse his election loss in Georgia to Democratic President Joe Biden.

The $200,000 bond package to which Trump agreed on Monday includes standard provisions barring him from making direct or indirect threats against witnesses or his 18 co-defendants in the case.

Mark Meadows, Trump's former White House chief of staff, and lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman were among those charged.

On his Truth Social site, Trump wrote, "IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU!" on Friday afternoon, a day after he pleaded not guilty to charges that he orchestrated a criminal conspiracy.

Trump and his allies are accused of of promoting false claims that the election was rigged, pressuring state and federal officials to alter the and assembling fake slates of electors.

Biden's expected pitch is to "finish the job" after a first term that included several legislative wins, federal funds to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and for new infrastructure.

The accused is among hundreds of defendants who have been charged in connection with the violent January 6 protests at the US Capitol.

White House to Trump: "Attacking the Constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our nation, and should be universally condemned. You cannot only love America when you win."

Should they defeat their Democratic opponents, these election deniers will be in charge of elections and vote counts in the swing states of Arizona and Nevada during the 2024 presidential election.