Two attorneys named as co-defendants in former President Donald Trump‘s Georgia racketeering case surrendered to Fulton County authorities Wednesday following the sweeping indictment over alleged 2020 election subversion.
Kenneth Chesebro, the lawyer who allegedly created a legal plan to substitute alternate electors to claim victory for Trump, surrendered himself Wednesday morning and was accompanied by his own legal counsel. He was released as of 10:30 a.m. local time on a $100,000 bond.
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Along with allegedly violating the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Chesebro faces six conspiracy-related counts, including forgery in the first degree and filing false documents. He and 17 others, along with Trump, were indicted in District Attorney Fani Willis’s investigation last week on charges related to the alleged election subversion plot.
Scott Grubman, an attorney for Chesebro, said his client “stands ready to defend himself against these unfounded charges.”
Chesebro has not been charged in connection to any other investigations into the former president, although he appears to be one of six unindicted co-conspirators in special counsel Jack Smith‘s federal indictment of Trump on allegations that he schemed to block the certification of the election for Joe Biden.
A local Atlanta-based attorney allegedly involved in the scheme, Ray Smith, also turned himself in on Wednesday and faces charges including racketeering, conspiracy, soliciting a violation of oath of office by a public official, and making false statements. He was released on a $50,000 bond.
Ray Smith, who is a lawyer at the firm Smith and Liss, advised alternate GOP electors who met at the Georgia Capitol building and signed documents claiming Trump had won despite his loss in the state.
Other co-defendants are slated to arrive in Fulton County on Wednesday to surrender to authorities, including former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, who faces 13 charges.
Sidney Powell, an attorney for Trump’s 2020 campaign, also agreed to a bond of $100,000 and was booked Wednesday afternoon.
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Trump agreed to a $200,000 bond on Monday, while other attorneys, including John Eastman and Jenna Ellis, agreed to $100,000 bonds.
Eleven defendants, including the former president, have yet to turn themselves in at the Fulton County jail. Willis said defendants have until Friday at noon to surrender, and Trump plans to do so on Thursday.
