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Those charges center around a voting system breach in Coffee County, Georgia, a rural, Republican district that voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2020. Willis’ indictment describes the breach, and Powell’s alleged involvement, as central to the broader conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. Powell has also been identified by CNN as one of Trump’s un-indicted co-conspirators listed in Smith’s federal election indictment. New details about Smith’s ongoing investigation indicate federal prosecutors are scrutinizing a series of voting breaches following the 2020 election that state investigators have been probing for more than a year. Network of operativesIn addition, special counsel prosecutors have also heard from other witnesses about efforts to breach voting equipment in other states.

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☆ One America News settles defamation lawsuit from a Dominion executive at the center of election conspiracy theories
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He has also sued, in a separate lawsuit, conspiracy theorist and pillow salesman Mike Lindell. "They had no credible evidence of any 'Antifa conference call;' that Dr. Coomer was part of this purported call; or that Dr. Coomer committed election fraud. Coomer still has ongoing lawsuits against election conspiracy theoristsThe conspiracy theories, Coomer said in his lawsuit, led to "an onslaught of harassment and credible death threats issued against him." Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesCoomer filed his lawsuit separately from Dominion, which has separate pending lawsuits against OAN, Newsmax, Giuliani, and Powell. It was the first settlement from a news organization in a defamation lawsuit filed over 2020 election conspiracy theories.

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CNN —Far-right TV network One America News and one of its on-air personalities settled a defamation lawsuit brought by a former executive at Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology company that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, according to new court filings. By negotiating a deal with Coomer, OAN is resolving one of several pending lawsuits tied to the 2020 presidential election that could lead to dire financial consequences for the small network. The conspiracy-peddling channel still faces two blockbuster defamation suits from Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, voting technology companies that OAN falsely claimed had rigged the election against Trump. As a correspondent for OAN, Rion has been at the forefront of the network’s pro-Trump propaganda, and she hosted a special called “Dominion-izing the Vote,” which promoted debunked conspiracies about the 2020 election results. In the wake of the 2020 election, Dominion, Smartmatic and Coomer have transformed from relatively unknown figures to prominent players in the effort to seek accountability for Trump’s election lies.

Persons: Eric Coomer, OAN, Chanel Rion, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, weren’t, Rion “, Coomer, —, Trump’s, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell — haven’t, Rion, Coomer’s Organizations: CNN, America, Dominion Voting Systems, Dominion, Trump, Fox News Locations: Coomer’s Colorado

Another has an ally in Congress vowing to support his legal defense. On Thursday, Trump’s legal team formally asked a judge to sever his case from his co-defendants who want a speedy trial, according to court filings. The prospect of a costly legal defense has prompted some defendants to find other ways to raise money. Paying the legal bills of his co-defendants in Georgia could help the former president keep them all unified as they fight the Fulton County charges. None of the defendants has pleaded guilty, but it is common for criminal defendants facing mounting legal bills to end their cases without the time-consuming costs of a trial.

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Jenna Ellis, a former lawyer for Trump who challenged the 2020 election results, also pleaded not guilty on Thursday. The 98-page Georgia indictment filed in mid-August charges Trump and 18 other defendants with a total of 41 criminal counts. The Georgia case is Trump's fourth indictment. He faces a New York state trial in March involving a hush money payment to a porn star and a federal trial in May in Florida for allegedly mishandling federal classified documents. Another indictment, in federal court in Washington, accuses him of illegally seeking to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

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The plea means that Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, will not appear in person in court next week to face the charges. The 98-page Georgia indictment filed in mid-August charges Trump and 18 other defendants with a total of 41 criminal counts. He faces a New York state trial in March involving a hush money payment to a porn star and a federal trial in May in Florida for allegedly mishandling federal classified documents. Another indictment, in Washington federal court, accuses him of illegally seeking to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Trump has pleaded not guilty in all criminal cases and could spend much of next year in court, even as he campaigns to retake the White House.

Persons: Donald Trump, mugshot, Trump, Joe Biden's, Trump's, Sidney Powell, Trevian Kutti, Ray Smith, Kanishka Singh, Scott Malone, Howard Goller Organizations: U.S, Sheriff's, Washington Federal, Former U.S, Fulton County Superior Court, Republican, Democratic, Fulton, House, Thomson Locations: Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Former, Georgia, Fulton County, New York, Florida, Washington

☆ Trump asks to sever Georgia election case from co-defendants seeking speedy trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump is seeking to sever his criminal election interference case in Georgia from any of his 18 co-defendants who are demanding that the case proceed quickly to trial, a Thursday court filing showed. There are "substantial adverse procedural and substantive 'effects' President Trump would endure" if he is held to the same schedule, Sadow wrote. He is set to participate in another trial starting in late September in federal court in Florida. Trump has been charged with 91 total counts in four separate criminal cases as he campaigns for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. His lawyers in his two federal cases tried to push off his trial until after the November 2024 election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, Steven Sadow, Kenneth Chesebro, — Chesebro, Sidney Powell —, Chesebro, Sadow, Trump's, Fani Willis Organizations: Alabama GOP, Court, Trump, Computer, State Locations: Montgomery , Alabama, Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia's, Florida, Atlanta

☆ Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election subversion case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in the sprawling Fulton County election interference case, according to a new court filing. Georgia law allows criminal defendants to waive their in-person appearance and enter a formal plea through court filings. His arraignment marks the fourth time that Trump has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges since leaving the presidency. In this case, Trump is charged with racketeering in his alleged efforts to upend the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia. Several of the former president’s co-defendants in have also waived their in-court appearances and have pleaded not guilty, including Sidney Powell and Trevian Kutti.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Sidney Powell, Trevian Kutti, Fani Willis Organizations: CNN, Trump, Fulton, Democrat Locations: Fulton, Georgia, Fulton County

☆ Trump co-defendant Powell pleads not guilty in Georgia election subversion case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Jasper Ward | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Fulton County Sheriff's Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreWASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Attorney Sidney Powell, one of former U.S. President Donald Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case, has waived a formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty, a court filing on Tuesday showed. Other Trump allies, Trevian Kutti and Ray Smith, have also waived formal arraignment and entered not guilty pleas. The former president is scheduled to be arraigned on Sept. 6 as Fulton County prosecutors eye an October start to the trial. The latest charges marks Trump's fourth indictment since launching his reelection campaign for president. Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Susan Heavey and Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sidney Powell, mugshot, Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Trevian Kutti, Ray Smith, Joe Biden's, Jasper Ward, Susan Heavey, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Sheriff's, U.S, Trump, Fulton, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, WASHINGTON, Georgia

☆ Trump Georgia prosecutor wants 'speedy trials' done together
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Atlanta district attorney prosecuting the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others asked a judge Tuesday to order that defendants granted so-called speedy trials be tried together. Fulton County DA Fani Willis also asked Judge Scott McAfee to set a deadline for defendants in the case to file requests to sever their cases. McAfee has discretion on whether to sever the cases for separate trials. But defendants soon could make similar speedy trial requests, which would require their trials to begin by Nov. 3. In her court filing Tuesday, Willis said she opposed, "at this juncture," severing the cases of defendants so that they would be tried either in 19 separate trials or in smaller groups.

Persons: Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Judge Scott McAfee, McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Joe Biden, Willis, Powell's, Chesebro's Organizations: Trump Locations: Atlanta, Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia's

One of those cases, a civil trial in New York, threatens to cripple the former president's company, the Trump Organization . James is seeking $250 million in damages in the civil case. In July, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped a nearly three-year effort to protect Trump from civil liability in the suit. In May, three of Trump's children, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump, were dismissed as defendants from the case after Kaplan proposed that move. The payments were made shortly before the 2016 presidential election, in which Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe, Letitia James, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, James, Kenneth Chesebro, Joe Biden, Trump's, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Fani Willis, Willis, Sidney Powell, Jean Carroll, Carroll, Judge Lewis Kaplan, videophone, Roberta Kaplan, Ivanka Trump, Kaplan, Donald J, Jack Smith, unindicted, Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal, Hillary Clinton, Michael Cohen, Alvin Bragg's, Cohen, Bragg, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira —, Nauta, De Oliveira Organizations: U.S, Atlanta Hartsfield, Jackson International Airport, GOP, Convention, Trump Organization, District of Columbia, DOJ, FBI, New York, Court New, Trump, Fulton County Superior Court, Fulton, Republican, Carroll, U.S . Department of Justice, Iowa, American Communications Network, Washington , D.C, Biden, Manhattan, Democratic, Daniels, Beach, White, Republican National Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, Milwaukee ., New York, Manhattan, Georgia, Atlanta, Fulton County, Washington ,, York, Fort Pierce , Florida

☆ US judge to set trial date for Trump over efforts to overturn 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | Thomson Reuters | Sarah N. Lynch Is The Lead Reporter For Reuters Covering The U.S. Justice Department Out Of Washington | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Trump, who on Thursday appeared at a Georgia jail to face state criminal charges of trying to overturn his defeat there, is not expected to attend Monday's hearing. Trump has previously lashed out at U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, saying, without evidence, that she is biased against him. In Georgia, where Trump faces racketeering and other state charges related to his alleged efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat there, District Attorney Fani Willis has asked the court to set a March 4, 2024 date. Last week, a judge agreed to set a trial date of Oct. 23 for Trump co-defendant, attorney Kenneth Chesebro, after he requested a speedy trial. The judge has not yet set a trial date for the other defendants, though Sidney Powell, an attorney who advised Trump and promoted false fraud claims after the election, has also requested a speedy trial.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Donald Trump's, Jack Smith, Democrat Joe Biden, Trump, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan, Leo Tolstoy's, Fani Willis, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Smith, Sarah N, Lynch, Scott Malone, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Rights, Washington , D.C, Trump, Democrat, U.S, Washington, House, Attorney, White, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Washington ,, Georgia, New York, Manhattan, Florida, New York , Florida, Washington

☆ Opinion | How Free Speech and Willful Blindness Will Play Out in the Trump Prosecution
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Burt Neuborne | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Since Mr. Trump is charged with, among other crimes, conspiracy to defraud the United States and to deprive people of the right to have their votes counted, Mr. Smith would clearly be right in arguing that the Alvarez decision doesn’t apply. Characterizing Mr. Trump’s words as “speech incident to criminal conduct” would neatly solve Mr. Smith’s First Amendment problem, but at a substantial cost to the prosecution. To win a conviction, the government must persuade 12 jurors to peer inside Mr. Trump’s head and find beyond a reasonable doubt that he knew he was lying when he claimed to be the winner of the 2020 election. If Mr. Trump actually believed his false assertions, his speech was not “incident to criminal conduct.”How can Mr. Smith persuade 12 jurors that no reasonable doubt exists that Mr. Trump knew he was lying? But there also will likely be evidence that fervent supporters of Mr. Trump’s efforts fed his narcissism with bizarre false tales of result-changing electoral fraud, and frivolous legal theories justifying interference with Mr. Biden’s certification as president-elect.

Persons: Smith, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, Trump, Alvarez, doesn’t, Smith’s, Trump’s, reams, Pence, Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman Organizations: Justice Department, Justice Locations: United States

In the Georgia case, the question of whether to change the venue — a legal maneuver known as removal — matters because it would affect the composition of a jury. If the case stays in Fulton County, Ga., the jury will come from a bastion of Democratic politics where Mr. Trump was trounced in 2020. If the case is removed to federal court, the jury will be drawn from a 10-county region of Georgia that is more suburban and rural — and somewhat more Trump-friendly. Kenneth Chesebro, a lawyer who advised Mr. Trump after the 2020 election, has asked for a speedy trial, and the presiding state judge has agreed to it. In the separate federal election interference case Mr. Trump faces in Washington, D.C., his lawyers have asked that the trial start safely beyond November 2024 general election — in April 2026.

Persons: Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Chesebro, Scott McAfee, Trump’s, — Organizations: Trump, Republican, Washington , D.C Locations: Georgia, Fulton County ,, —, Washington ,

As part of her request, Willis noted that one of the defendants, Kenneth Chesebro, sought a quick trial under Georgia’s Speedy Trial Act. Late Friday, another defendant, attorney Sidney Powell, also requested a speedy trial, according to a new filing. How does Georgia’s speedy trial law work? Under Georgia law, any criminal defendant has the right to demand a trial within weeks of being indicted. Lawyers for Trump told the judge that they oppose the proposed October 23 trial date, and will attempt to separate his Georgia case from Chesebro, who wanted to speed up the trial date.

Persons: Fani Willis, Willis, Kenneth Chesebro, Georgia’s, Sidney Powell, ”, Chesebro, Elie Honig, Andrew Fleischman Organizations: State, CNN, Trump Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, ” Georgia, Chesebro

☆ Analysis: Trump allies' push to move Georgia subversion trial could mean delays
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Tom Hals | Thomson Reuters | Tom Hals Is An Award-Winning Reporter With Years Of Experience Working In Asia | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

No defendants have entered a plea in the Georgia case. The federal officer removal law protects people from state prosecution for carrying out official federal duties. Legal experts said the accused acts in the Georgia case are more plausibly related to official duties than the hush money payments in the New York case. Legal experts said Jones could allow the case to proceed in federal court and address immunity at a later hearing. If he determines immunity did not apply to the accused actions, the jury trial would take place in federal court, with the broader jury pool.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ray Smith, Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Cathy Latham, Trump's, Mark Meadows, Meadows, firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene, Joe Biden, Jeffrey Clark, David Shafer, Trump, Eric Segall, Fani Willis, Willis, Georgia's, Alvin Hellerstein, Steve Jones, Josh Blackman, Jones, Tom Hals, Noeleen Walder, Amy Stevens, Stephen Coates Organizations: Trump, Georgia Republican, Fulton County Superior Court, of Justice, Republican, Northern District of, Georgia State College of Law, Miami . Fulton, Prosecutors, U.S, U.S . Constitution, Circuit, Appeals, District, South Texas College of Law, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Meadows, Shafer, Northern District, Northern District of Georgia, New York, Washington, Miami ., Miami . Fulton County, United States, U.S ., Manhattan's, Atlanta, Wilmington , Delaware

Harrison Floyd is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 24. Harrison Floyd said at his first court appearance that he could not afford a private lawyer and had been denied representation by a public defender because he did not qualify. Floyd, who appeared virtually, said that it typically cost between $40,000 to $100,000 just to retain a private lawyer to fly to Georgia. Richardson told Floyd that he could either hire a lawyer or represent himself. In a separate case, Floyd was arrested in Maryland in May and charged with assaulting FBI agents who tried to serve him with a subpoena, court records show.

Persons: Harrison Floyd, mugshot, Donald Trump's, Floyd, Emily Richardson, Richardson, bedbugs, Scott McAfee, Trump, Fani Willis, Joe Biden's, Rudolph Giuliani, Misty Hampton, Sidney Powell, Attorney Willis, McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Powell, Willis, Jeffrey Clark, Biden, Jack Queen, Andy Sullivan, Luc Cohen, Noeleen, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Fulton County Sheriff's, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, U.S . Department of Justice, Trump, Democratic, U.S . Marine, New, Attorney, Justice, Republican Party, Republican, Christian, Thomson Locations: Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Fulton County, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Atlanta

Donald Trump might make new campaign merch soon — featuring his Georgia mugshot. But New York doesn't make mugshots public like Georgia does, so the Trump campaign had to get creative. Immediately following that first New York indictment, the Trump campaign started advertising a new T-shirt featuring a clearly fake mugshot of the former President emblazoned with the words "NOT GUILTY." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Now that he has the public mugshot he wanted, Trump's team might swap out the fake mugshot on his campaign merch for the real one. On Thursday, Trump rolled out a fundraising plea entirely based on the Georgia indictment and his arrest.

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☆ Donald Trump to surrender in Atlanta in fourth criminal case brought against ex-president this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump will surrender on Thursday to be booked on more than a dozen charges stemming from his efforts to reverse Georgia’s 2020 election results, the fourth time this year the former president has faced criminal charges. Trump is expected to travel from his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club to Atlanta to turn himself in at the notorious Fulton County jail. And earlier this month, Trump was placed under arrest in Washington, DC, and arraigned on charges brought by Smith in his investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump falsely claimed victory after the 2020 election, and then tried to overturn the results in Georgia and other states. In a series of phone calls, he pressured Georgia election officials to help his efforts, including Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

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☆ Why Are Trump’s Accused Co-Conspirators Smiling for Their Mug Shots?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Glenn Thrush | More About Glenn Thrush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The traditional mug shot is usually a grim affair: poorly lit and sullen. Mr. Trump’s former lawyer Jenna Ellis smiles broadly, as does David Shafer, the former chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. Sidney Powell, accused of peddling debunked conspiracy theories about the election, reveals a twinkle in her eye. Image Sidney Powell, accused of peddling debunked conspiracies about the election, was photographed somewhere between a smile and a scowl. Credit... Fulton County Sheriff's Office, via Associated PressThe statement that all of their facial expressions convey unmistakably?

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s, Jenna Ellis, David Shafer, Scott Hall, Sidney Powell Organizations: Georgia Republican Party, Trump, Fulton County Sheriff's, Associated Locations: Fulton, Atlanta, Fulton County

☆ Trump surrenders for his Georgia indictment during primetime, giving him the media circus he'd hoped for
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump and his allies had hoped to use arraignments to get media attention, media reports previously said. The sheriff who oversees the jail system has said Trump's mugshot and fingerprints will be taken for the National Crime Information Center. A presidential historian said in March that if Trump's mugshot is made public, it'll likely cement himself as "folk hero" among his supporters. At the arraignment, Trump and the other defendants will be formally presented with the criminal charges and can enter pleas. Trump is the first former president to face any criminal charges for a first, second, third, or fourth time.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Trump's, Team Trump, he'll, Scott McAfee, Fani Willis, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, Willis, McAfee, Jack Smith Organizations: Service, Crime Information, Guardian, The New York Times, Team, Fulton, Republican Party, Trump, Republican Locations: Atlanta, Wall, Silicon, Georgia, Fulton, Manhattan, Fulton County

☆ Sidney Powell booked in Trump Georgia election case after other co-defendants surrender
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Attorney Sidney Powell conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Nov. 19, 2020. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesConservative attorney Sidney Powell was booked Wednesday at an Atlanta jail on the heels of several more co-defendants of former President Donald Trump surrendering to face criminal charges in his Georgia election interference case. Bond was set at $100,000 for Powell, who aggressively pushed false claims of ballot fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Two people who acted as would-be Electoral College electors for Trump, David Shafer and Cathy Latham, turned themselves in at the Fulton County Jail for booking early Wednesday morning. Fulton County sheriffs stand guard outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Aug. 22, 2023.

Persons: Sidney Powell, Tom Williams, Donald Trump, Bond, Powell, Racketeer, David Shafer, Cathy Latham, Shafer, Latham, Bonds, Kenneth Chesebro, Trump, Joe Biden's, Ray Smith, Chandan Khanna Organizations: Republican National Committee, Cq, Inc, Getty, Electoral, Trump, Jail, Republican Party, Coffee County GOP, AFP Locations: Atlanta, Georgia, Fulton, Coffee County, Fulton County

☆ Judge denies Trump ex-chief Mark Meadows' bid to avoid arrest in Georgia election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The motion also proposed a second option: that the federal court could simply issue an order barring Willis from arresting Meadows prior to next week's hearing. The order from Judge Steve Jones in U.S. District Court in Atlanta came shortly after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis urged the judge to reject Meadows' request. A judge on Wednesday denied former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' bid to quickly move the Georgia election interference case to federal court in order to avoid arrest . I gave 2 weeks for people to surrender themselves to the court," Willis wrote in an email Tuesday morning. Earlier Wednesday, Kenneth Chesebro, another co-defendant in the Georgia case, filed a motion in Fulton County Superior Court demanding a speedy trial.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Meadows, Jones, Willis, Donald Trump, Steve Jones, Fani Willis, Joe Biden's, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Trump, Brad Raffensperger, Kenneth Chesebro Organizations: GOP, 118th, Washington , D.C, Court, White House, State, New, New York City, Trump, Georgia Locations: Washington ,, Meadows, Fulton County, U.S, Atlanta, Georgia, State of Georgia, New York

Trump was set to turn himself in on Thursday to face his fourth criminal indictment this year. [1/7]Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 23, 2023. Giuliani and other Trump allies were also accused of making false statements to Georgia lawmakers about the election. Four co-defendants also surrendered at the jail on Wednesday, according to records posted on the Fulton County sheriff's office website. Trump also pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan case involving hush money paid before the 2016 election to a porn star.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Rudolph Giuliani, Giuliani, Fani Willis, Trump, Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Dustin Chambers, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Ray Smith, Trump's, John Eastman, Scott Hall, Cathy Latham, David Shafer, Shafer, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, Meadows, Jack Smith, Biden, General Merrick Garland, Jack Queen, Susan Heavey, Jacqueline Thomsen, Scott Malone, Will Dunham, Matthew Lewis Organizations: New York City, Democratic, Trump, Jail, REUTERS, Republican, Georgia Republican, White House, Justice, Clark, U.S, Thomson Locations: Fulton County , Ohio, ATLANTA, Atlanta, U.S, Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Manhattan, Washington

☆ First defendant in Trump Georgia election case surrenders at county jail
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Vehicles drive in an entrance to the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 21, 2023. The first of the 19 co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump surrendered for booking the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Tuesday. Trump's announcement came hours after a judge in Fulton County set his bond at $200,000 and barred him from numerous forms of potential witness intimidation. Hall is charged with violating Georgia's racketeering law, conspiracy to commit election fraud, conspiracy to commit a felony and conspiracy to defraud the state. Willis' indictment accuses Hall of attempting to illegally break into election machines in Coffee County, Georgia, on Jan. 7, 2021, the day after the attack on the Capitol in Washington.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Hall, bondsman, Trump, Fani Willis, Joe Biden's, Willis, Sidney Powell Organizations: Jail, Capitol, Washington . Hall, Trump Locations: Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Georgia, Atlanta, Fulton County, Coffee County , Georgia, Washington

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