Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff at the White House, surrendered himself at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Thursday afternoon.
He is facing racketeering charges alongside Trump and 17 other co-defendants for his alleged illegal efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee set his bond at $100,000.
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Meadows faces violations of Georgia’s racketeering act and soliciting the violation of an oath by a public officer.
His second charge stems from his involvement in a call between Trump and Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Trump urged Raffensperger to help him “find” enough votes to offset his defeat in the Peach State.
Meadows’s bond was set at a similar amount as several Trump lawyers and associates charged in the case. His height was recorded as 6 feet, 1 inch tall, and his weight as 240 pounds as part of the booking process. He was given a prisoner identification number. He was released on Thursday, and his mug shot was made public.
The former chief of staff’s surrender comes after a failed bid in state court to move his case to federal court, in addition to his attempt to delay his surrender. Federal Judge Steve Jones declined Meadows’s request to delay but set a hearing on Monday to weigh whether he can move the case to federal court.
Raffensperger and a lead investigator of the 2020 election matters have been subpoenaed by District Attorney Fani Willis for the Monday hearing.
Like Meadows, co-defendant and former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark also sought to move his Fulton County case to federal court in recent days. He was also denied his bid to delay his arrest and immediately remove his case on Wednesday, and the former Trump DOJ official has yet to surrender at the local jail.
Jones on Thursday set a hearing date of Sept. 18 for Clark’s bid to remove his case to federal court. Willis was given a Sept. 5 deadline to submit a written response to Clark’s notice of removal.
Co-defendant David Shafer is also seeking to move his case to federal court.
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Trump agreed to a $200,000 bond Monday, and his former attorney Rudy Giuliani agreed to a $150,000 bond Wednesday. Giuliani turned himself in on Wednesday afternoon, and Trump is expected to do so around 7:30 p.m. local time Thursday.
Willis has given each defendant until Friday at noon to surrender themselves at the Fulton County Jail.
