1st Trump Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty In GA RICO Case: Report

ATLANTA, GA — Bail bondsman Scott Hall has pleaded guilty in the closely-watched subversion case against 18 others in Fulton County, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday.

The AJC reported Hall pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties.

Hall was indicted on Aug. 14, alongside former U.S. President Donald J. Trump and 17 others, by a Fulton County grand jury after being accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. Trump, a Republican, lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

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The AJC reported Hall's indictment was in connection with "the breach of sensitive voting data in Coffee County." He was granted a $10,000 consent bond and is the first defendant in the racketeering case to reach a plea deal.

All of the defendants were booked, with their mugshots taken, at the Fulton County Jail at Rice Street. A number of them have tried having their racketeering case moved to federal court - the latest being ex-Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark as reported Friday by CBS News, but they have not been successful.

The New York Times reported Thursday that Trump will not seek to have his case moved to a federal court.

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Trump was charged on suspicion of violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, three counts of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer, conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer, two counts of first-degree conspiracy to commit forgery, two counts of conspiracy to commit false statements and writings, conspiracy to commit filing false documents, filing false documents and false statements and writings. He was released on a $200,000 bond.

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It is unknown when Trump will go to trial; however, the trial against his former attorneys, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, is scheduled to begin on Oct. 23 after their speedy trial requests were granted.

Powell was charged on suspicion of violating the RICO Act, conspiracy to commit election fraud, conspiracy to commit election fraud, conspiracy to commit computer theft, conspiracy to commit computer trespass, conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy, conspiracy to defraud the state. Powell was released on a $100,000 bond.

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Chesebro was charged on suspicion of violation of the RICO Act, conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer, two counts of first-degree conspiracy to commit forgery, conspiracy to commit false statements and writings and two counts of conspiracy to commit filing false documents. Chesebro's bond agreement was for $100,000, according to jail records.

Other notable defendants include former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Georgia Sen. Shawn Still.