Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows surrendered to authorities in Atlanta Thursday afternoon on charges of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.
Meadows, 64, became the 10th of 19 co-defendants booked in the case as part of a 41-count indictment brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Aug. 14.
The former Republican congressman from North Carolina was released on $100,000 bond after posing for a mugshot without smiling.
Meadows had sought to move the case against him to federal court, but failed to persuade a federal judge to stay Willis’ surrender order until his removal bid could be heard Monday.
Former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, surrendered to authorities in an Atlanta jail on Thursday on charges of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. Fulton County Sheriff/MEGA
The former White House chief of staff and US House member from North Carolina has failed to maintain a surrender order after asking for his case to be elevated to federal court.REUTERS
Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark has also petitioned for a stay until his efforts to move the case to federal court can be heard.
US District Judge Steve Jones denied both requests on Wednesday, allowing the Atlanta proceedings to continue until a federal court formally takes jurisdiction. Clark has yet to surrender to authorities.
Former Black Voices for Trump director Harrison Floyd also turned himself in shortly after Meadows’ booking on Thursday. He faces three charges and will remain in the Fulton County jail after failing to negotiate a bond.
Floyd was indicted earlier this year on charges of assaulting a federal officer after he allegedly twice punched an FBI agent “from the chest to the chest” and then stabbed the agent in the face with his finger, according to an affidavit filed in Maryland federal court.
The agent was trying to serve Floyd, a former Marine and professional mixed martial arts fighter, with a federal grand jury subpoena in Rockville, Md., on Feb. 23 when the alleged assault occurred, according to the documents, which were unsealed in May.
The subpoena is related to special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into alleged efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to the Washington Post.
Meadows became the 10th of 19 co-defendants booked in the case as part of a 41-count indictment brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.REUTERS
Meadows faces two charges in an indictment handed down by an Atlanta grand jury: violating Georgia’s anti-extortion statute and soliciting public officials to violate their oath of office.
Nine other co-defendants – including Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis; GOP poll watcher Scott Hall; Coffee County GOP Chair Cathy Latham; Georgia attorney Ray Smith; and former Georgia state Sen. David Shafer — surrendered earlier this week.
Giuliani, 79, previously served as a federal prosecutor who brought cases under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), the version of the law he allegedly violated in Georgia.
He was charged with 13 charges and released on $150,000 bond. Eastman, who was charged with seven counts, was released on $100,000 bond, along with Hall, Powell and Chesebro. Ellis was released on $100,000 and faces two charges.
Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani served as the federal prosecutor who brought the case under the law he allegedly broke in Georgia. via REUTERS
Latham faces 11 charges and was released on $75,000 bond. Shafer faces eight charges and agreed to a $75,000 bond. Smith faces 12 charges and negotiated a $50,000 bond.
Trump, 77, left the golf resort of Bedminster, NJ, shortly after the Meadows booking and is expected to surrender to Fulton County authorities at 7:30 p.m. He will be released on $200,000 bond.
The 45th president has been impeached twice since leaving office for his attempts to reverse his election loss to Joe Biden, in part through a scheme to set up fake electors in battleground states like Georgia.
Former Black Voices for Trump director Harrison Floyd faces three charges and will remain in the Fulton County jail after failing to negotiate a bond. Fulton County Sheriff/MEGA
In August, special counsel Jack Smith brought four federal charges against the former president for his attempt to overturn the election in Washington, DC.
Smith’s office has also indicted Trump on 40 counts for allegedly storing national security documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged the former president with 34 counts of business fraud in March for allegedly making “hush” payments to porn stars before the 2016 election to keep quiet about alleged affairs.
Trump, 77, left the golf resort of Bedminster, NJ, shortly after the Meadows booking and is expected to surrender to Fulton County authorities.REUTERS
Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2024, skipped the first debate of the primary contest Wednesday night, opting instead to sit in on a pre-recorded interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
“231,000,000 Views, and counting. The Biggest Video on Social Media, EVER, more than double the Super Bowl!” he posted on Truth Social about the decision on Thursday.
“THE PROOF IS UNDENIABLE! ARREST TIME: 7:30 p.m.,” Trump posted on Truth SocialAFP via Getty Images
“But please excuse me, I have to start getting ready to head to Atlanta, Georgia, where Murder and other Violent Crimes have reached unprecedented levels, to be ARRESTED by Radical Leftist, Lowlife District Attorney Fani Willis, to A PERFECT PHONE CALL, and had the guts to challenge a STOLEN & STOLEN ELECTION. THE PROOF IS UNDENIABLE! ARRIVAL TIME: 7:30 PM”
In all, the former president faces 91 charges against him in two federal cases, one state and one municipal. The charges add up to 712 years and six months in prison if he is convicted of all charges and receives the maximum sentence, though that outcome is highly unlikely.
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