Trump's co-defendants start surrendering for arrest in Georgia: Highlights

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office released a mug shot of defendant Scott Hall tonight after the bail bondsman surrendered earlier today.

Giuliani is planning to travel to Atlanta tomorrow, two sources familiar with the matter said.

Giuliani has been seeking local counsel to assist him with the Georgia case. He has reached out to associates like Tim Parlatore and Bernie Kerik for assistance in finding an Atlanta-based lawyer.

In addition, Giuliani spokesman Ted Goodman said that there is no set surrender plan, as Giuliani is still finalizing his representation plans — and that conversations are still ongoing.

As of 9:45 p.m. ET, just two of the 19 defendants in the Fulton County case had surrendered ahead of Friday's noon deadline.

Scott Hall, a bail bondsman facing charges tied to a voting system breach in Coffee County in early 2021, was the first to surrender this morning. He was followed by Trump-allied lawyer John Eastman.

The following 17 defendants have yet to surrender: Robert Cheeley, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis, Harrison Floyd, Rudy Giuliani, Misty Hampton, Trevian Kutti, Cathy Latham, Stephen Lee, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, Michael Roman, David Shafer, Ray Smith, Shawn Still and Trump.

The former president has said he will surrender Thursday.

After Trump surrenders to Fulton County authorities Thursday, he will be released from custody in Georgia under an already agreed-upon set of conditions, including a $200,000 bond.

As part of the conditions, Trump will be prohibited from doing anything a judge could interpret as an effort to intimidate co-defendants or witnesses or “otherwise obstruct the administration of justice.”

More specifically, Trump “shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature” against any co-defendant, witness or victim, the community or property in the community.

“The above shall include, but are not limited to, posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media,” reads the bond order, entered yesterday by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee.

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A key witness against Trump and his two co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago documents case recanted previous false testimony and provided new information implicating the defendants after they switched lawyers, special counsel Jack Smith’s office said in a new court filing.

Yuscil Taveras, the director of information technology at Mar-a-Lago, changed his testimony last month about efforts to delete security camera video at Trump’s Florida club after he changed from a lawyer paid for by Trump’s Save America PAC to a public defender, the filing says.

The revised testimony led to last month’s superseding indictment against Trump and his two co-defendants.

Taveras decided to change lawyers after he learned he was being investigated on suspicion of making false statements during his previous grand jury testimony in Washington, D.C., today's filing said.

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Co-defendants Robert Cheeley and Stephen Lee today obtained consent orders for $50,000 and $75,000, respectively.

Cheeley, who faces 10 counts, is the only defendant in the Fulton County indictment charged with perjury tied to his grand jury testimony on Sept. 15 about the so-called fake electors.

Cheeley allegedly sent an email to Trump lawyer John Eastman, Georgia state Sen. Brandon Beach and an unindicted co-conspirator, telling them that he was trying to set up a call with then-Georgia House Speaker David Ralston and Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller. In another email, he allegedly told an unindicted co-conspirator that was setting up the call to urge Ralston and Miller to call a special session of the General Assembly and that Eastman told him it was "critical" for Trump's electors to meet and vote on Dec. 14, 2020.

Lee, who faces five counts, is accused of trying to influence a witness after allegedly traveling to Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman’s home weeks after the 2020 election in what prosecutors called a “substantial step” to influence her testimony about events surrounding the State Farm Arena election site on Election Day.

A federal judge in Georgia ordered Willis to respond to Meadows' request for an emergency stay of her arrest warrant by 3 p.m. ET tomorrow.

Meadows argues that his case should be delayed until at least Monday, when U.S. District Judge Steve Jones has scheduled a hearing on Meadows' argument that his case should be heard in federal court instead of a state venue because he was the White House chief of staff at the time of his alleged wrongdoing.

Willis has given all 19 defendants until noon Friday to surrender voluntarily, and she has rejected Meadows' request for a delay until after Monday's hearing. In a separate order, Jones banned phones and other recording devices in the federal courthouse on the day of the Meadows hearing.

Jones is also hearing former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark's petition to move his case to federal court. Clark has asked for an emergency stay, and Jones ordered Willis to respond to the motion by 3 p.m. tomorrow, as well.