Former campaign attorney for Trump, John Eastman, has been booked at the Fulton County Jail over attempts to overturn the former president's 2020 election loss.
Asked if he continued to believe, as Trump claims, that the election was stolen, Eastman replied, "Absolutely." / Photo: Reuters Archive
John Eastman, a former campaign attorney for Trump, and Scott Hall, a bail bondsman, were booked at the Fulton County Jail, according to jail records. Trump is expected to turn himself in at the same Atlanta jail on Thursday to face charges of seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election won by Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and the 18 other co-defendants in the landmark case have until noon on Friday to turn themselves into the authorities in Georgia.
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