As Trump and his allies report to Fulton County Jail for booking in the 2020 election case, the sheriff’s office has been releasing mug shots after they surrender.
Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose bond was set at $150,000, served as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Another defendant requested a speedy trial on Wednesday.
Rudolph W. Giuliani turned himself in on Wednesday in the racketeering case against former President Donald J. Trump and his allies, surrendering at the Atlanta jail where the defendants are being booked.
Mr. Giuliani, whose bond was set at $150,000, arrived in Atlanta as another defendant in the sprawling case, the lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, filed a motion seeking a speedy trial. Under that scenario, which Georgia law allows, the trial for all 19 people indicted in the case would have to start no later than Nov. 3, months earlier than prosecutors had sought.
After his booking, Mr. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, stepped out of an S.U.V. to address a throng of reporters, calling the case “an attack on the American people.” He then made his way to A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds, a business near the jail.
He and Mr. Trump face the most charges among those indicted in the case. Mr. Giuliani served as Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer in the aftermath of the 2020 election and played a leading role in advancing false claims that the election had been stolen from Mr. Trump.
At least 11 of the 19 people facing charges have now appeared at the Fulton County jail to be booked. All of those who surrendered were released on bond. None of the 19 have yet entered pleas, since the arraignment process is separate from the booking process in Georgia. Trump, who has denied all wrongdoing, said Monday night that he will turn himself in on Thursday and has agreed to a $200,000 bond.
A Fulton County grand jury returned a 41-count indictment last week accusing Trump and 18 others of participating in a “criminal enterprise” that aimed to reverse the former president’s electoral loss in Georgia. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is leading the investigation, gave those charged until noon Friday to surrender to authorities.
Here’s who has turned themselves in so far, the number of charges they face and their bond amount:
- Scott Hall, a Georgia bail bondsman, faces seven counts. He agreed to a $10,000 bond.
- John Eastman, a conservative lawyer, is charged with nine counts. His bond was set at $100,000.
- Cathy Latham, a Republican official, faces a total of 11 counts and her bond was set for $75,000.
- David Shafer, the former chairman of the Georgia GOP, is charged with eight counts. He agreed to a $75,000 bond.
- Kenneth Chesebro, a conservative lawyer, is charged with seven counts and his bond was set for $100,000.
- Ray Smith III, a lawyer for Trump’s reelection campaign, faces 12 charges. He agreed to a $50,000 bond.
- Sidney Powell, a lawyer who was involved in planning Trump’s efforts to contest the election, faces seven charges. Her bond was set for $100,000.
- Rudy Giuliani, former personal attorney to Trump, faces 13 charges. His bond has been set at $150,000.
- Jenna Ellis, a lawyer who was affiliated with the Trump campaign, is charged with two counts and she agreed to a $100,000 bond.
- Mark Meadows, Trump’s final White House chief of staff, faces two counts. He agreed to a $100,000 bond.
- Willie Lewis Floyd, a former director of Black Voices for Trump, is charged with three counts. He has not negotiated a consent bond order, according to court records.
Giuliani spoke with reporters Wednesday morning as he was leaving for Georgia. “I’ll get photographed, isn’t that nice? A mug shot, (of) the man who probably put the worst criminals of the 20th century in jail,” he said.
Trump is expected to turn himself in Thursday evening.
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