Bail Bondsman's Shocking Guilty Plea Unveils Jaw-Dropping Election Subversion Plot Involving Trump
Bail bondsman pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case, becoming the first co-defendant of former President Donald Trump to do so Facing five counts, this development sheds light on the 2020 election controversy
In the Georgia 2020 election subversion case, one of Donald Trump's former co-defendants, bail bondsman Scott Hall, 59, has pleaded guilty to five counts. Hall becomes the first defendant in the case, brought by the Fulton County district attorney's office, to reach a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Booking photo of Scott Hall released by Fulton County Sheriff's Office.
Fulton County Sherrif's Office
The agreement, entered in Fulton County Superior Court on Friday afternoon, recommends a sentence of five years probation.
On January 7, 2021, Hall faced accusations of participating in a conspiracy to illegally obtain voter data and tamper with ballot counting machines at the Coffee County election office. During the breach of the voting systems, Hall spent an extended period of time within a restricted area of the office, aligning with the attempts made by pro-Trump conspiracy theorists to uncover voter fraud. Surveillance footage from that day captured Hall's presence at the office. Subsequently, Hall admitted to accessing a voting machine during his testimony before the special grand jury involved in the Fulton County case.
The extensive racketeering case filed recently by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis alleges that Hall, Trump, and 17 additional individuals were involved in a sweeping conspiracy to overturn the election outcomes in Georgia. Trump and the other defendants have all pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors in Willis office signaled earlier Friday that they may soon extend a plea deal to one or both of the two defendants headed to trial.
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Judge Scott McAfee presides over a hearing on media access concerning the case involving former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Thursday, August 31, 2023.
Fulton County prosecutors indicated that plea deals may be offered in the near future. This disclosure occurred during a procedural hearing involving Sidney Powell, a former lawyer for the Trump campaign, and Kenneth Chesebro, the alleged mastermind behind the counterfeit elector plot. These individuals are the initial defendants scheduled to stand trial on October 23.
This story has been updated with additional details.
