There are 19 of them including an ex-President….
The first two of President Donald Trump’s co-defendants surrendered at the Fulton County jail on Tuesday, setting the tone for how the defendants will be processed and how the case will progress.
John Eastman, a right-wing lawyer who advised Trump on plots to disrupt Congress’ certification of the 2020 election results, turned himself in at the jail on Tuesday, shortly after Scott Hall, a bail bondsman in Atlanta.
They had signed a bond agreement with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Monday. Hall was given an inmate identification number and released after spending roughly an hour at the jail on Tuesday.
Willis has charged Trump and 18 of co-defendants of participating in schemes to meddle with Georgia’s election results.
All 19 defendants are expected to surrender ahead of a Friday deadline set by Willis when she unveiled last week’s sweeping indictment over attempts to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.
Trump, who agreed to a $200,000 bond on Monday, said he plans to turn himself in on Thursday. His attorneys met with the district attorney’s office on Monday before the bond package was finalized.
Eastman devised and promoted a six-step plan for Pence to overturn Biden’s election victory while presiding over the Electoral College certification on January 6. He also urged Georgia state lawmakers to appoint fake GOP electors to replace the legitimate slate of Democratic electors. A bipartisan array of legal scholars have said Eastman’s schemes were unconstitutional….
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Trump to Surrender Thursday Night
“Donald Trump is expected to surrender at the Fulton county jail on Thursday evening on racketeering and conspiracy charges over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia,” The Guardian reports.
“The former president – seeking to distract from the indignity of the surrender by turning things into a circus – in essence had his lawyers negotiate the booking to take place during the prime viewing hours for the cable news networks.”
Clark and Meadows are both trying to NOT get arrested and NOT flip on Trump…….
Ain’t gonna work…….
Trump maybe doing ‘That’s Entertainment’ thing but the system IS grinding down the bit players in Trump’s show….
We’ll see how many are willing to risk jail time for a guy who could careless?
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President’t can’t pardon state criminal convictions….
A federal judge quickly shot down bids Wednesday by two former Trump administration officials — Mark Meadows and Jeffrey Clark — to derail the criminal proceedings against them in Fulton County, where they’re charged alongside Donald Trump with a sprawling racketeering conspiracy to subvert the results of the 2020 election.
In two six-page rulings by Atlanta-based U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones effectively ensures that Meadows and Clark will face arrest this week, a result both men attempted to prevent in a series of emergency filings…..
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Meadows NEEDS to come to his senses…..
Georgia prosecutors unfurled their most detailed case yet against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Wednesday, sharply rejecting his assertion that his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power were part of his official government responsibilities.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis contended that Meadows repeatedly violated federal laws prohibiting political activity by federal government officials when he convened meetings, arranged calls and participated in efforts to help undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election…..
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