Georgia election case: Trump, other 18 defendants surrender to authorities

Former President Trump was processed and released on bail.

Last Updated: August 25, 2023, 5:44 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump and the 18 other defendants charged by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for their alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia all surrendered to authorities at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.

Trump and 17 other defendants were processed and released on bail, with one defendant held without bond. Several defendants also mounted legal challenges to the DA's case.

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Here's how the news developed. All times Eastern.
Aug 23, 2023, 12:09 PM EDT

Former elections director Misty Hampton gets $10K bond

Judge Scott McAfee signed off on a $10,000 bond for Misty Hampton, the former elections director in Coffee County, who was one of the 19 defendants charged in the Fulton County RICO indictment.

Hampton was present in the county elections office on Jan. 7, 2021, when forensic experts from an Atlanta company were allowed to copy software and data from the county's election equipment, according to prosecutors.

Hampton's bail conditions include not communicating with witnesses and co-defendants, reporting to pretrial services by phone every month and not obstructing justice by intimidating witnesses.

Aug 23, 2023, 10:37 AM EDT

Trump attorney Sidney Powell gets $100,000 bond

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee set bond for Trump attorney Sidney Powell at $100,000.

Powell’s bail conditions include not communicating with witnesses and co-defendants, reporting to pretrial services by phone every month and not obstructing justice by intimidating witnesses.

Sidney Powell, an attorney for Donald Trump, speaks during in Alpharetta, Ga., on Dec. 2, 2020.
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Powell’s consent order marks the 13th bond package for a defendant so far.

According to prosecutors, Powell allegedly coordinated with an Atlanta company to obtain breached election data from Coffee County. She worked on Trump’s campaign after the 2020 election.

Aug 23, 2023, 8:55 AM EDT

Giuliani: 'Your rights are in jeopardy'

Rudy Giuliani, who is facing 13 charges in connection with the effort to overturn election results in Georgia, spoke outside his apartment in New York City early Wednesday before heading to Fulton County to surrender.

"I'm going to Georgia and I'm feeling very, very good about it because I feel like I'm defending the rights of all Americans, as I did so many times as a United States attorney," Giuliani said.

Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters as he leaves his apartment building in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.
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"The system of justice is politicized and criminalized for politics," he added. "Your rights are in jeopardy and your children's. Donald Trump told you this. They weren't just coming for him. Well, me. Now they've indicted people."

One-time Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani aided Trump in perpetrating a sweeping effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state, according to prosecutors in Fulton County, including by making false statements to state election officials and contributing to the harassment of two election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

Aug 23, 2023, 8:45 AM EDT

Latham, Shafer also turn themselves in

Two more of former President Trump's co-defendants have surrendered to Fulton County authorities early Wednesday, according to online jail records: Cathy Latham and David Shafer.

Latham, the former GOP chair in Coffee County, is one of 16 Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that Trump had won the state.

Shafer, former Georgia Republican Party chair, is another of the fake Trump electors. He is also among the early defendants to seek to move the case into federal court.

-ABC News' Aaron Katersky

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