Rudy Giuliani heads to Georgia as surrender seems imminent.
Rudy Giuliani Expected to Surrender in Georgia Racketeering Case
Rudy Giuliani, the former attorney for Donald Trump, is set to turn himself in to authorities in Fulton County, Georgia on Wednesday. This comes a day before the former president is also expected to surrender in the same racketeering case, along with 17 others.
Before his surrender, Giuliani will meet with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office to determine the bond amount. Trump’s bond has already been set at $200,000.
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However, according to NBC News, Giuliani currently has no plans to surrender. Instead, he is traveling to Fulton County to seek local counsel for his defense. The deadline for the 19 codefendants, including Giuliani, to surrender is Friday, as stated by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
The indictment alleges that Giuliani encouraged Georgia officials to appoint “fake electors,” which violated their oath of office. He is also accused of making false statements regarding voting irregularities in the state.
Furthermore, the indictment points out Giuliani’s claim that 96,000 mail-in ballots were counted in the 2020 presidential election without any records of them being returned to the county elections office. Additionally, Giuliani falsely accused Dominion Voting Systems machines of recording 6,000 votes for Joe Biden instead of Trump, which was proven inaccurate in a hand audit conducted by the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office.
Giuliani has strongly criticized the indictment, calling it “an affront to American democracy” and claiming it does irreparable damage to the justice system.
This is not the first time Giuliani has faced legal trouble alongside Trump. While he was not indicted, he was identified as co-conspirator No. 1 in special counsel Jack Smith’s federal indictment of Trump earlier this month. The indictment describes co-conspirator No. 1 as an attorney who spread knowingly false claims and pursued strategies that Trump’s campaign attorneys would not. Giuliani’s own attorney has acknowledged that he is likely the co-conspirator.
The trial for the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act case is scheduled for March 4, one day before Super Tuesday. However, Trump is seeking to delay the trial for years, potentially to avoid disrupting his primary campaign for president. The decision on the trial’s timing is yet to be announced by Judge Scott McAfee.
On Tuesday, attorney John Eastman and bail bondsman Scott Hall, who are codefendants with Giuliani and Trump, surrendered in Fulton County and had their mugshots taken.
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