By Janice Hisle|
At least two co-defendants of former President Donald Trump have been booked into the Fulton County Jail in Georgia, online records show.
Scott Hall, a bail bondsman who is accused of conspiring to illegally access voting machines in Georgia’s Coffee County in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, was booked on Aug. 22.
Another co-defendant, former Trump attorney John Eastman, also was booked into jail, records show.
They and all 19 defendants in the alleged election fraud case are accused of violating Georgia’s racketeering law. They contested the Georgia election results.
In doing so, they allegedly illegally tried to keep President Trump in office, according to the indictment filed on Aug. 14.
Each co-defendant also faces specific additional charges; 41 total charges were filed, many of which include multiple defendants.
President Trump faces 11 charges.
Judge Scott McAfee had set Mr. Hall’s bond at $10,000 cash or 10 percent surety, under a “consent bond order” that was filed on Aug. 21 in Fulton County’s Superior Court.
The judge also set bond amounts for President Trump, $200,000; $100,000 each for Mr. Eastman and attorney Kenneth Chesebro; and $50,000 for attorney Ray Smith III.
The status of the remaining defendants was unclear on Aug. 22. They face a deadline of noon on Aug. 25 to turn themselves in or be arrested.
So far, all of the defendants’ bond agreements include communication restrictions. They are all barred from communicating about the case with each other or with witnesses, except through attorneys.
Additional conditions were placed on President Trump, forbidding him from issuing any direct or indirect threats on social media, or reposting any such messages from other people.
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