Sidney Powell surrenders, granted $100,000 bond in Georgia Trump case.
Sidney Powell, former attorney on President Trump’s 2020 campaign, has agreed to a $100,000 bond set Wednesday morning in the Fulton County, Georgia, case. She and 18 other co-defendants are accused of violating the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. This case, brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, targets former President Donald Trump for his efforts to challenge the Georgia general election results.
Ms. Powell surrendered on Wednesday at the Fulton County jail. She is facing six conspiracy counts on top of racketeering charges.
Co-defendant Misty Hampton, a local election official, also had her bond set at $10,000 on Wednesday.
Co-defendant Rudy Giuliani, former attorney for President Trump, was seen arriving in Atlanta on Wednesday. He headed to the courthouse to set bond before his announced surrender at the Fulton County jail.
All bond agreements include restrictions on communication about the case. Only the defendants’ attorneys are allowed to communicate with other co-defendants or witnesses.
Ms. Powell’s bond agreement adds a condition that if she doesn’t turn herself in by noon on Friday, Aug. 25, “this consent bond order shall be null and void.”
Conspiracy Charges
Ms. Powell is facing two counts of “conspiracy to commit election fraud,” one count of “conspiracy to commit computer theft,” one count of ”conspiracy to commit computer trespass,” one count of “conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy,” and one count of ”conspiracy to defraud the state.” These charges stem from her involvement with data forensic firm Sullivan Strickler.
Additionally, Ms. Powell is accused of 12 acts of racketeering. These include actions such as appearing at press conferences to support President Trump’s election result challenges and using a Coffee County, Georgia, computer with voter data.
In a separate case against President Trump, brought by special counsel Jack Smith, the former president faces alleged conspiracy charges for contesting the 2020 election results. The indictment in Washington lists Ms. Powell, unnamed, as a co-conspirator who advanced arguments involving voting machines affecting election results.
Other Bonds Set in Georgia
Bond agreements have also been set for several other defendants.
President Trump had the highest bond set at $200,000. Other defendants include John Eastman at $100,000, Kenneth Chesebro at $100,000, Jenna Ellis at $100,000, David Shafer at $75,000, Cathleen Latham at $75,000, Stephen Lee at $75,000, Ray Smith III at $50,000, Robert Cheeley at $50,000, Michael Roman at $50,000, Shawn Still at $10,000, and Scott Hall at $10,000.
Attorneys Mr. Eastman, Mr. Chesebro, Mr. Smith, alternate electors Ms. Latham and Mr. Shafer, and Georgia bail bondsman Mr. Hall have been booked by the local Fulton County jail and released on bond.
President Trump is expected to arrive on Thursday afternoon, as he has posted on social media. Supporters of his are expected to arrive ahead of the GOP frontrunner to rally.
“Nobody has ever fought for election integrity like President Donald J. Trump. For doing so, I will proudly be arrested tomorrow afternoon in Georgia. God bless the United States of America!!!” he wrote.
“For the first time in three years, brave American Patriots will be able, in Court, to show how the Presidential Election of 2020 was RIGGED & STOLLEN. For those RINOS, Radical Left Democrats, Communists, Marxists, Fascists , & others who say, ‘Don’t Look Back, Look Forward,’ they either do not want to reveal the answers because they “got away with murder,” or are FOOLS & COWARDS because we now know the answers to all of the Fraud, Irregularities, & Cheating, & WE CANNOT LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!”
19 Defendants
The 98-page indictment brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charges 19 defendants with violating the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. In total, they are accused of 161 acts of racketeering and 41 counts in total.
The defendants include President Trump, attorney Rudy Giuliani, attorney Mr. Eastman, former chief of staff Mr. Meadows, attorney Mr. Chesebro, former DOJ official Mr. Clark, attorney Ms. Ellis, attorney Mr. Smith, attorney Mr. Cheeley, attorney Sidney Powell, alternate elector Ms. Latham, alternate elector Mr. Shafer, Illinois pastor Stephen Lee, vice president for the Black Conservative Federation Harrison Floyd, former publicist for Kanye West Trevian Kutti, bail bondsman Mr. Hall, and former elections official Misty Hampton.
The indictment alleges that all defendants illegally conspired t
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