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Thursday 24 augusT 2023

Giuliani turns himself in on Georgia 2020 election charges after

bond is set at $150,000

Continued from Front Wednesday morning. Also
surrendering Wednesday
Other high-profile defend- were lawyers Ray Smith and
ants also surrendered Kenneth Chesebro, who
Wednesday, including prosecutors said helped
Jenna Ellis, an attorney organize the fake electors
who prosecutors say was meeting at the state Capi-
involved in efforts to con- tol in December 2020.
vince state lawmakers to Attorney John Eastman,
unlawfully appoint presi- who pushed a plan to keep
dential electors, and law- Trump in power, and Scott
yer Sidney Powell, accused Hall, a bail bondsman who
of making false statements was accused of participat-
about the election in Geor- ing in the breach of elec-
gia and helping to organize tion equipment in Coffee
a breach of voting equip- County, turned themselves
ment in rural Coffee Coun- in Tuesday.
ty. Georgia was one of sev- The Fulton County Sher-
eral key states Trump lost iff's Office has said it will
by slim margins, prompting release booking photos
the Republican and his al- around 4 p.m. each day,
lies to proclaim, without but Shafer appeared to
evidence, that the elec- post his on the social me-
tion was rigged in favor of dia platform X, formerly
his Democratic rival Biden. known as Twitter, just after
Giuliani is charged with 7 a.m. Wednesday with the
making false statements message, "Good morning!
and soliciting false testi- #NewProfilePicture."
mony, conspiring to create Lawyers for Chesebro on
phony paperwork and ask- Wednesday filed a de-
ing state lawmakers to vio- mand for a speedy trial.
late their oath of office to Typically, such a demand
appoint an alternate slate would mean that trial pro-
of pro-Trump electors. ceedings would need to
Outside the Fulton County This booking photo provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office shows Rudy Giuliani on get underway this fall, but
Jail Wednesday afternoon, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Atlanta, after he surrendered and was booked. this case has many defend-
Giuliani laughed when Associated Press ants and multiple compli-
asked if he regretted ally- RESTED in Atlanta, Geor- Court. Both argue the ac- in the election subversion cating factors, Georgia
ing himself with Trump. gia, because he fought for tions that gave rise to the case to turn themselves in. State University law school
"I am very, very honored to Election Integrity." charges in the indictment Her team has been nego- professor Anthony Michael
be involved in this case be- Trump, the early front-run- were related to their work tiating bond amounts and Kreis said.
cause this case is a fight for ner in the 2024 Republican as federal officials and that conditions with the lawyers While Republicans in Geor-
our way of life," Giuliani told presidential primary, has the case should be moved for the defendants before gia and elsewhere are call-
reporters. "This indictment is said he plans to turn himself to federal court and the they surrender at the jail. ing for Willis to be punished
a travesty. It's an attack on in at the Fulton County Jail charges against them dis- Misty Hampton, who was for indicting Trump, a group
-- not just me, not just Presi- on Thursday. He and his al- missed. They had each the Coffee County elec- of Black pastors and com-
dent Trump, not just the lies have characterized the asked a judge to allow tions director when a munity activists gathered
people in this indictment, investigation as politically them to avoid being ar- breach of election equip- outside the state Capitol
some of whom I don't even motivated and have heavi- rested while those requests ment happened there, had in Atlanta Wednesday to
know – this is an attack on ly criticized District Attorney are pending. But U.S. Dis- her bond set at $10,000. pray for and proclaim their
the American people." Willis, a Democrat. trict Judge Steve Jones on David Shafer, who's a support for the Democratic
After Giuliani's surrender, Former White House chief Wednesday rejected their former Georgia Republi- prosecutor.
Trump repeated his un- of staff Mark Meadows requests to avoid having to can Party chair and served Bishop Reginald Jackson,
founded claims that the and former Justice Depart- be booked in jail while they as one of 16 fake elec- who leads Georgia's Afri-
election was rigged and ment official Jeffrey Clark fight to move the case to tors for Trump, and Cathy can Methodist Episcopal
stolen and wrote on his so- are both trying to have the federal court. Latham, who's accused in churches, said that Willis
cial media site, "The great- case against them heard Willis has set a deadline the Coffee County breach is under attack "as a re-
est Mayor in the history of in federal court rather than of noon on Friday for the and was also a fake elec- sult of her courage and
New York City was just AR- in Fulton County Superior people indicted last week tor, turned themselves in determination."q