{"id":2008849,"date":"2023-08-23T01:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T05:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eastman-mugshot-released-as-trump-ally-maintains-innocence\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T01:13:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T05:13:02","slug":"eastman-mugshot-released-as-trump-ally-maintains-innocence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eastman-mugshot-released-as-trump-ally-maintains-innocence\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastman&#8217;s mugshot revealed as Trump ally maintains innocence."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feastman-mugshot-released-as-trump-ally-maintains-innocence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2008849&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Mugshot of John Eastman Released as He Turns\u200d Himself In<\/h2>\n<p>The mugshot\u2064 of John Eastman, one of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s\u200d codefendants in the Fulton County, Georgia, racketeering case, \u200cwas released on\u2062 Tuesday. Eastman, a Trump ally, surrendered to authorities and \u200bexpressed his unwavering belief in his\u2064 and his codefendants&#8217; innocence. He reiterated his conviction that the 2020 \u2063election was stolen and showed no regrets \u2062for providing counsel\u2064 to \u2064the \u200dformer president.<\/p>\n<h3>Questions\u2064 Surrounding the Fulton\u200c County Case<\/h3>\n<p>During a press conference outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oc-sheriff-refuses-to-release-1800-dangerous-inmates-including-murderers-and-child-molesters-after-judges-order\/\" title=\"OC Sheriff Refuses to Release 1,800 Dangerous Inmates \u2013 Including Murderers and Child Molesters \u2013 After Judge\u2019s Order\">county jail<\/a>, Eastman declined to comment on the specifics of the Fulton County case. Reporters\u2062 asked him about receiving a mugshot and whether he believes he and others, like former White House\u2062 chief of \u200cstaff Mark Meadows, have immunity\u200c from \u200bprosecution. Eastman repeatedly \u200canswered &#8220;No comment&#8221; to these\u2062 questions.<\/p>\n<h3>Eastman&#8217;s Firm \u2064Belief in a Stolen Election<\/h3>\n<p>However, \u2064when asked about his stance on the\u200c 2020 election, Eastman had a different response. NBC News reporter Ali Vitali inquired,\u200b &#8220;Do you still think the election was stolen?&#8221; Eastman firmly replied,\u2062 &#8220;Absolutely. No question.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eastman allegedly played a \u2062role in devising the strategy that led Trump to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject electors on January 6, 2021. He now faces nine counts in the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-most-dangerous-case-in-georgia-could-also-be-the-longest-delayed\/\" title=\"Georgia's most perilous lawsuit involving Trump might also face the lengthiest postponement.\">41-count racketeering indictment<\/a>, which relates to efforts to overturn the\u2062 election results in Georgia.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Indicted Individuals Surrendering<\/h3>\n<p>Eastman\u200d was the second person out of the 19 \u2063indicted to surrender before the Friday deadline. Scott Hall, \u2064an \u2063Atlanta-based \u2064bail \u200dbondsman accused of involvement in a Coffee County voting system breach, also \u200bturned himself\u200c in on Tuesday. Rudy Giuliani, Trump&#8217;s former personal attorney, is\u2062 expected to surrender on Wednesday, while Trump himself plans to turn\u200c himself in on Thursday with a $200,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Fulton County case, Eastman is also facing a California disciplinary trial for alleged\u2064 violations of ethical and statutory obligations\u200d in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eastman-mugshot-released-as-trump-ally-maintains-innocence\/\" title=\"Eastman's mugshot revealed as Trump ally maintains innocence.\">post-election role leading<\/a> up to the January 6 Capitol \u2063riot.\u2064 The \u2063trial, temporarily\u200d put on hold,\u200d will resume on Thursday.<\/p>\n<h3>Bond Agreements and \u2064Court Moves<\/h3>\n<p>Two\u200d other defendants, State Republican\u200d Sen. Shawn Still and\u200c David Shafer, signed\u200d their bond\u200c agreements on Tuesday. Still, indicted for his role as \u2063an\u200b alternate elector after Trump&#8217;s election loss, had \u200ca &#8220;signature bond&#8221; set at \u200c$10,000. Shafer, the former head of the Georgia GOP \u2062involved in \u2064convening alternate electors, had his bond set at $75,000.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, two co-defendants, including Shafer and former Justice Department official Jeffrey \u200dClark, filed notices to move\u2062 their case from state to federal court on Monday, following a\u2063 similar move initiated by Meadows \u2062last week. Legal\u2064 experts speculate that Trump himself may attempt to remove his case from\u200b state court, citing his past pattern in other civil \u200cand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-rep-fry-introduces-no-more-political-prosecutions-legislation\/\" title=\"Republican Rep. Fry Introduces \u2018No More Political Prosecutions\u2019 Legislation\">criminal legal cases<\/a> \u200din New York.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to \u200cread more from The Washington \u2064Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mugshot of John Eastman, a codefendant in the Georgia racketeering case with former President Trump, was released after he surrendered to authorities. Eastman maintained his innocence and reiterated his belief in the innocence of his codefendants outside the county jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2008850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}