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   Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani surrenders in Georgia election case   
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   Trump is expected to turn himself in at Atlanta court on Thursday   
   The Associated Press · Posted: Aug 23, 2023 4:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: 21   
   minutes ago   
   Mostly bald man in blue blazer, red tie   
   Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters as he leaves his   
   apartment building in New York, Wednesday. (Seth Wenig/The Associated Press)   
      
   Rudy Giuliani surrendered to authorities in Georgia on Wednesday on charges   
   alleging he acted as former U.S. president Donald Trump's chief co-   
   conspirator in a plot to subvert the 2020 election.   
      
   The former New York City mayor, celebrated as "America's mayor" for his   
   leadership after 9/11, is charged with Trump and 17 other people under   
   Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.   
      
   His bond has been set at $150,000 US, second only to Trump's $200,000 US.   
      
   Giuliani, 79, is accused of spearheading Trump's efforts to compel state   
   lawmakers in Georgia and other closely contested states to ignore the will of   
   voters and illegally appoint electoral college electors favourable to Trump.   
      
   Georgia was one of several key states Trump lost by slim margins, prompting   
   the Republican and his allies to proclaim, without evidence, that the   
   election was rigged in favour of his Democratic rival Joe Biden.   
      
       Trump says he'll surrender to Georgia officials Thursday   
      
      
      
   Giuliani is charged with making false statements and soliciting false   
   testimony, conspiring to create phony paperwork and asking state lawmakers to   
   violate their oath of office to appoint an alternative slate of pro-Trump   
   electors. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has said that, if   
   convicted, Giuliani will be sentenced to prison.   
      
   Giuliani has denied wrongdoing, arguing he had a right to raise questions   
   about what he believed to be election fraud. He has called the indictment "an   
   affront to American democracy" and an "out and out assault on the First   
   Amendment."   
      
   "I'm feeling very, very good about it because I feel like I am defending the   
   rights of all Americans, as I did so many times as a United States   
   attorney," Giuliani told reporters as he left his apartment in New York on   
   Wednesday, adding that he is "fighting for justice" and has been since he   
   first started representing Trump.   
   Donald Trump in a red baseball hat that says "make America great again".   
   Former U.S. president Donald Trump is expected to turn himself in to   
   officials in Georgia Thursday. (AFP/Getty Images)   
   Trump expected to surrender tomorrow   
      
   Trump was set to turn himself in on Thursday to face his fourth criminal   
   indictment this year. The remaining 10 co-defendants named in the Georgia   
   indictment have until Friday to surrender.   
      
      
      
   Attorney Sidney Powell, who played a leading role in promoting Trump's false   
   fraud claims, was also booked at the jail on Wednesday, according to records   
   posted on the county sheriff's website.   
   Woman with shoulder length dark hair standing before an American flag   
   Attorney Sidney Powell was also booked in connection to the same case   
   Wednesday. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)   
      
   Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro, indicted for allegedly helping to   
   devise a plan to submit fake slates of electors for Trump to obstruct the   
   congressional certification, turned himself in at the Fulton County sheriff's   
   office on Wednesday, jail records showed.   
      
   Ray Smith, a lawyer who previously represented Trump in Georgia, also   
   surrendered Wednesday.   
      
      
      
   On Tuesday, Trump's former lawyer John Eastman and Republican poll watcher   
   Scott Hall surrendered while former Georgia Republican Party leaders Cathy   
   Latham and David Shafer — were booked overnight, according to the jail.   
      
   Shafer, Trump's former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former   
   Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark have filed petitions to have their   
   cases moved to federal court.   
      
   Trump has pleaded not guilty to two sets of federal criminal charges brought   
   by Jack Smith, a special counsel named by Biden-appointed U.S. Attorney   
   General Merrick Garland, concerning the efforts to overturn his 2020 election   
   loss and his possession of classified documents after leaving office. Trump   
   also pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan case involving hush money paid before   
   the 2016 election to a porn star.   
      
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