Trump election attorney John Eastman will surrender Wednesday in Georgia, according to filing
From CNN's Katelyn Polantz
John Eastman outside the State Bar Court of California in Los Angeles, California, US, on Tuesday, June 20. Eric Thayer/Bloomberg/Getty Images/FILE
Trump election attorney John Eastman plans to surrender to Fulton County authorities on Wednesday in response to his charges in Georgia related to the 2020 election, according to a filing.
Eastman has been facing discipline proceedings in the State Bar of California, in which he could lose his license to practice law in the state. Hearings were set for multiple days this week, but a judge of the State Bar Court of California said on Monday night that Eastman would not be before her on Tuesday and Wednesday because of his forthcoming surrender in Fulton County.
"Based on the recent email exchanges between and with the parties, the court is willing to make certain changes in this week's trial schedule in order to accommodate Dr. Eastman's surrender in Fulton County, Georgia, which the court understands will take place on Wednesday, August 23rd," Judge Yvette Roland wrote in a court order on Monday.
Eastman and others are expected to be arrested at Fulton County's jail, then released on pre-negotiated bond terms. He and others are also expected to enter not guilty pleas soon after.
Eastman reached a $100,000 bond agreement with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Monday.
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These are the 19 people charged in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case
From CNN's Marshall Cohen and Devan Cole
Photo illustration by Alberto Mier/CNN
An Atlanta-based grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants on state charges last week stemming from their efforts to overturn the former president’s 2020 electoral defeat in the Peach State.
All of the defendants have until noon ET Friday to voluntarily surrender to authorities, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said.
Scott Hall, who works as a bail bond agent in Atlanta, became the first defendant to surrender in the case on Tuesday morning. Conservative attorney John Eastman plans to surrender on Wednesday, according to a filing.
Trump said he will turn himself in at the Fulton County jail on Thursday.
Here are the 19 people charged in the Georgia case, according to the indictment:
Donald Trump, former US president
Rudy Giuliani, Trump lawyer
Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff
John Eastman, Trump lawyer
Kenneth Chesebro, pro-Trump lawyer
Jeffrey Clark, top Justice Department official
Jenna Ellis, Trump campaign lawyer
Robert Cheeley, lawyer who promoted fraud claims
Mike Roman, Trump campaign official
David Shafer, Georgia GOP chair and fake elector
Shawn Still, fake GOP elector
Stephen Lee, pastor tied to intimidation of election workers
Harrison Floyd, leader of Black Voices for Trump
Trevian Kutti, publicist tied to intimidation of election workers
Sidney Powell, Trump campaign lawyer
Cathy Latham, fake GOP elector tied to Coffee County breach
Scott Hall, tied to Coffee County election system breach
First Trump co-defendant surrenders in Fulton County jail
From CNN's Zach Cohen and Holmes Lybrand
Scott Hall testifies about the 2020 presidential election before a Georgia Senate subcommittee on Dec. 3, 2020. Georgia Senate
Scott Hall, one of former President Donald Trump’s 18 co-defendants, has turned himself in to the Fulton County jail, according to the jail’s online database.
Hall, who works as a bail bondsman in Atlanta, was charged by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with crimes related to his alleged involvement in the Coffee County, Georgia, voting systems breach.
Hall is facing seven charges, including the racketeering count that’s central to Willis’ prosecution, as well as several charges stemming from the Coffee County allegations.
The Fulton County grand jury indictment accuses Hall of conspiring to unlawfully access voter data and ballot counting machines at the Coffee County election office on January 7, 2021.
He is the first defendant in the Trump case to surrender.
Hall was given an inmate identification number on Tuesday and is currently detained, according to court records. Yesterday, Hall signed a bond agreement with Willis, and should be released after he is processed at the jail.
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Trump says he plans to turn himself in Thursday at the Fulton County jail
From CNN's Zachary Cohen, Jason Morris, Katelyn Polantz, Holmes Lybrand, Jeremy Herb, Devan Cole and Kristen Holmes
Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on July 29. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump plans to turn himself in and be processed at the Fulton County jail on Thursday, following his agreement Monday to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions.
“I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, confirming CNN’s earlier reporting from two sources familiar with the plan.
Several co-defendants in the sweeping Georgia racketeering case have also agreed to the terms of their bond agreements with the district attorney’s office.
Trump’s lawyers Jennifer Little, Drew Findling and Marissa Goldberg met with the district attorney’s office on Monday before the details of the bond agreement were released. Little, Findling and Goldberg are based in the state. Other Trump lawyers have been working behind the scenes on the approach to the bond and Trump’s forthcoming arrest, including Todd Blanche, who has taken the helm as Trump’s primary defense attorney across his multiple criminal indictments.
The release conditions outlined in Trump’s bond order are more extensive than those laid out in the others approved earlier Monday in the case.
Unlike some of his co-defendants, the former president is explicitly barred in the order from using social media to target his 18 co-defendants in the case, as well as any witnesses and the 30 unindicted co-conspirators.
“The Defendant shall perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice,” the order signed by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee states.
“The above shall include, but are not limited to, posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media,” the order reads.
The Fulton County election subversion case marks the first time the release conditions for Trump have included a cash bond and a prohibition on intimidation through social media.
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None of the defendants appear to have surrendered to Fulton County jail as of Tuesday at 8 a.m. ET
From CNN’s Devon Sayers
An exterior view of the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on August 16. Megan Varner/Getty Images
Fulton County criminal case marks first time Trump will put up a cash bond
From CNN's Devan Cole
Former President Donald Trump arrives at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on August 3. Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images
The Fulton County election subversion case marks the first time release conditions for Donald Trump have included a cash bond and a prohibition on intimidation through social media.
The criminal case is the fourth brought against the former president this year.
In the previous cases, the conditions for Trump’s release after arrest and pending trial have been largely routine:
In Florida: In the Mar-a-Lago documents case brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith, Trump was released on personal recognizance, though there was some pushback from his attorneys on the restrictions that were imposed on his contact with witnesses in that case.
In Washington, DC: Trump also was released on minimal conditions in Smith’s federal election subversion case brought in Washington, DC. Those conditions include not being allowed to communicate with anyone known to be a witness in the case unless through an attorney.
In New York: And in the New York hush money case, Trump was similarly ordered to not communicate about the case with anyone central to it except through one of his attorneys.
Trump's bond agreement: Trump agreed Monday to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions after his lawyers met with the Fulton County district attorney's office, according to court documents. Trump is explicitly barred in the bond order from using social media to target the co-defendants in the case, as well as any witnesses and the 30 unindicted co-conspirators.
The charges: Trump is accused in the indictment of being the head of a “criminal enterprise” that was part of a broad conspiracy to overturn his electoral defeat. The other defendants include former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and ex-Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani. It is the fourth time Trump has been indicted this year.
John Eastman outside the State Bar Court of California in Los Angeles, California, US, on Tuesday, June 20. Eric Thayer/Bloomberg/Getty Images/FILE
Trump election attorney John Eastman plans to surrender to Fulton County authorities on Wednesday in response to his charges in Georgia related to the 2020 election, according to a filing.
Eastman has been facing discipline proceedings in the State Bar of California, in which he could lose his license to practice law in the state. Hearings were set for multiple days this week, but a judge of the State Bar Court of California said on Monday night that Eastman would not be before her on Tuesday and Wednesday because of his forthcoming surrender in Fulton County.
"Based on the recent email exchanges between and with the parties, the court is willing to make certain changes in this week's trial schedule in order to accommodate Dr. Eastman's surrender in Fulton County, Georgia, which the court understands will take place on Wednesday, August 23rd," Judge Yvette Roland wrote in a court order on Monday.
Eastman and others are expected to be arrested at Fulton County's jail, then released on pre-negotiated bond terms. He and others are also expected to enter not guilty pleas soon after.
Eastman reached a $100,000 bond agreement with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Monday.
Photo illustration by Alberto Mier/CNN
An Atlanta-based grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants on state charges last week stemming from their efforts to overturn the former president’s 2020 electoral defeat in the Peach State.
All of the defendants have until noon ET Friday to voluntarily surrender to authorities, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said.
Scott Hall, who works as a bail bond agent in Atlanta, became the first defendant to surrender in the case on Tuesday morning. Conservative attorney John Eastman plans to surrender on Wednesday, according to a filing.
Trump said he will turn himself in at the Fulton County jail on Thursday.
Here are the 19 people charged in the Georgia case, according to the indictment:
Donald Trump, former US president
Rudy Giuliani, Trump lawyer
Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff
John Eastman, Trump lawyer
Kenneth Chesebro, pro-Trump lawyer
Jeffrey Clark, top Justice Department official
Jenna Ellis, Trump campaign lawyer
Robert Cheeley, lawyer who promoted fraud claims
Mike Roman, Trump campaign official
David Shafer, Georgia GOP chair and fake elector
Shawn Still, fake GOP elector
Stephen Lee, pastor tied to intimidation of election workers
Harrison Floyd, leader of Black Voices for Trump
Trevian Kutti, publicist tied to intimidation of election workers
Sidney Powell, Trump campaign lawyer
Cathy Latham, fake GOP elector tied to Coffee County breach
Scott Hall, tied to Coffee County election system breach
Scott Hall testifies about the 2020 presidential election before a Georgia Senate subcommittee on Dec. 3, 2020. Georgia Senate
Scott Hall, one of former President Donald Trump’s 18 co-defendants, has turned himself in to the Fulton County jail, according to the jail’s online database.
Hall, who works as a bail bondsman in Atlanta, was charged by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with crimes related to his alleged involvement in the Coffee County, Georgia, voting systems breach.
Hall is facing seven charges, including the racketeering count that’s central to Willis’ prosecution, as well as several charges stemming from the Coffee County allegations.
The Fulton County grand jury indictment accuses Hall of conspiring to unlawfully access voter data and ballot counting machines at the Coffee County election office on January 7, 2021.
He is the first defendant in the Trump case to surrender.
Hall was given an inmate identification number on Tuesday and is currently detained, according to court records. Yesterday, Hall signed a bond agreement with Willis, and should be released after he is processed at the jail.
Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on July 29. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump plans to turn himself in and be processed at the Fulton County jail on Thursday, following his agreement Monday to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions.
“I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, confirming CNN’s earlier reporting from two sources familiar with the plan.
Several co-defendants in the sweeping Georgia racketeering case have also agreed to the terms of their bond agreements with the district attorney’s office.
Trump’s lawyers Jennifer Little, Drew Findling and Marissa Goldberg met with the district attorney’s office on Monday before the details of the bond agreement were released. Little, Findling and Goldberg are based in the state. Other Trump lawyers have been working behind the scenes on the approach to the bond and Trump’s forthcoming arrest, including Todd Blanche, who has taken the helm as Trump’s primary defense attorney across his multiple criminal indictments.
The release conditions outlined in Trump’s bond order are more extensive than those laid out in the others approved earlier Monday in the case.
Unlike some of his co-defendants, the former president is explicitly barred in the order from using social media to target his 18 co-defendants in the case, as well as any witnesses and the 30 unindicted co-conspirators.
“The Defendant shall perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice,” the order signed by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee states.
“The above shall include, but are not limited to, posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media,” the order reads.
The Fulton County election subversion case marks the first time the release conditions for Trump have included a cash bond and a prohibition on intimidation through social media.
An exterior view of the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on August 16. Megan Varner/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump arrives at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on August 3. Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images
The Fulton County election subversion case marks the first time release conditions for Donald Trump have included a cash bond and a prohibition on intimidation through social media.
The criminal case is the fourth brought against the former president this year.
In the previous cases, the conditions for Trump’s release after arrest and pending trial have been largely routine:
In Florida: In the Mar-a-Lago documents case brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith, Trump was released on personal recognizance, though there was some pushback from his attorneys on the restrictions that were imposed on his contact with witnesses in that case.
In Washington, DC: Trump also was released on minimal conditions in Smith’s federal election subversion case brought in Washington, DC. Those conditions include not being allowed to communicate with anyone known to be a witness in the case unless through an attorney.
In New York: And in the New York hush money case, Trump was similarly ordered to not communicate about the case with anyone central to it except through one of his attorneys.
