Rudy Giuliani surrenders to face Georgia election charges with $150,000 bail

Rudy Giuliani, once Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, made headlines as he surrendered at a Georgia jail on Wednesday. The charges against him allege that he attempted to overturn former President Trump’s 2020 election defeat in the state.

As a former federal prosecutor and New York City mayor, Giuliani was slapped with a $150,000 bond and court papers expressly prohibited him from attempting to intimidate any of his 18 co-defendants or witnesses involved in the case.

Following his appearance, Giuliani expressed his frustration, calling the indictment a “travesty” and claiming that it represented an assault on the Constitution.

Included among the 18 individuals charged by Georgia prosecutors with trying to reverse Trump’s defeat in Georgia is the former President himself. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis spearheaded the charges against Giuliani, Trump, and their co-defendants.

“I’m going to Georgia, and I’m feeling very, very good about it because I feel like I’m defending the rights of all Americans,” Giuliani confidently stated ahead of his trip from New York.

In a bid to avoid pre-arraignment confinement, most defendants have negotiated bond agreements, as have Trump’s former lawyer John Eastman and Republican poll watcher Scott Hall, who both surrendered to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. Booking photos of Eastman and Hall were released later that day. Additionally, overnight bookings were made for former Georgia Republican Party leaders Cathy Latham and David Shafer.

Giuliani, however, dismissively scoffed at the idea of having his mugshot taken.

“I get photographed. Isn’t that nice? A mugshot of the man who probably put the worst criminals of the 20th century in jail,” he sarcastically remarked.

The charges against Giuliani fall under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a law typically utilized to target criminal organizations. Interestingly, Giuliani employed the same law during his tenure as mayor to pursue mob bosses.

Being one of the staunchest supporters of Trump’s false election fraud claims, Giuliani’s surrender carries significant weight in the ongoing legal saga.

Trump himself has announced his intention to surrender to the charges on Thursday, having already negotiated a bond deal amounting to $200,000.