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Mary Yang

First two defendants in Georgia election subversion case booked in Fulton county jail

The Fulton county jail sign with officer walking by.
Scott Hall has been charged with seven felony counts, and John Eastman has been charged with nine felony counts. Photograph: Megan Varner/Getty Images

The first two defendants in the Georgia election subversion case against Donald Trump and 18 other defendants have been booked in the Fulton county jail, according to its online database.

Scott Hall, an Atlanta-area bail bondsman, was booked at the Rice Street jail on Tuesday. John Eastman, a Trump attorney and allegedly one of the main architects of Trump’s plan to halt the certification of Biden’s victory, also voluntarily turned himself in later on Tuesday morning.

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