{"id":25994,"date":"2023-08-24T05:02:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T09:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=25994"},"modified":"2023-08-24T05:02:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T09:02:59","slug":"rudy-giuliani-and-other-trump-co-defendants-surrender-in-georgia-election-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/08\/24\/rudy-giuliani-and-other-trump-co-defendants-surrender-in-georgia-election-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudy Giuliani and other Trump co-defendants surrender in Georgia election case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rudy Giuliani, who was Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has surrendered at a jail in Atlanta, Georgia on charges of helping Mr Trump try to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Giuliani, who was released on a $150,000 (\u00a3118,000) bond, faces 13 charges including racketeering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The former New York mayor is one of 19 people, including Mr Trump, indicted in the election interference case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Trump has said he will attend jail to be booked on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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While yet to enter a plea, he denies wrongdoing and has said the charges are politically motivated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Leaving the Fulton County jail, Mr Giuliani told reporters he was “honoured” to be involved in the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This case is a fight for our way of life,” he said. “This indictment is a travesty.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Giuliani and Mr Trump face the most charges among all those accused.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Before Mr Giuliani, seven of Mr Trump’s other co-defendants had arrived in Atlanta to be processed, including lawyer John Eastman, Georgia bail bondsman Scott Hall, and Sidney Powell – another lawyer who allegedly took a central role in efforts to undermine the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Former Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer, Cathy Latham, Ray Smith III and Kenneth Chesebro have also been booked at the jail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prosecutors in Fulton County have set a deadline of noon local time on Friday for each of the defendants to surrender. They will then appear in court to hear the charges against them at a later date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Those who were booked on Wednesday had mugshots taken and posted to the Fulton County website within hours. Mr Trump is also expected to get his mugshot taken.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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(L-R, top): Former Trump Lawyers Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, and Jenna Ellis had mugshots taken at Fulton County Jail. (L-R, bottom): Fellow co-defendants Kenneth Chesebro, Cathy Latham and Ray Smith (Image: Fulton County Jail)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Like Mr Giuliani, the former president faces 13 charges including racketeering and election meddling. Mr Trump is yet to enter a plea, but he denies wrongdoing and has said the charges are politically motivated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a post on Wednesday to his social media site, Truth Social, Mr Trump said he would “proudly be arrested” on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Nobody has ever fought for election integrity like President Donald J. Trump,” he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Trump has already been granted a $200,000 bond and issued with other release conditions, such as being barred from using social media to directly or indirectly threaten alleged co-conspirators or potential witnesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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