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Rudy Giuliani has turned himself in to authorities at a jail in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is charged in connection with an alleged scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election on Donald Trump’s behalf.
The former New York mayor, who went on to become a personal attorney to Trump during his time in the White House, is one of 19 individuals who were indicted by the Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis earlier this month, along with the former president.
Giuliani, who became a prominent voice on the airwaves claiming election fraud in the days following Trump’s loss, is alleged by Willis to have coerced legislators in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Michigan to “unlawfully appoint” presidential electors from their states, among other acts.
The 79-year-old faces 13 charges including a violation of Georgia’s racketeering laws. He surrendered to Fulton County authorities on Wednesday afternoon, before being released on an $150,000 bond.
A lawyer for Giuliani did not respond to a request for comment.
Last month, in a separate civil case brought by two election workers who claim they were harassed after being falsely accused of fraud by Giuliani, he conceded he had made false statements but said they were protected by the First Amendment.
Trump, who also faces 13 charges in the Georgia case, said on Monday that he would travel to the state on Thursday to be “arrested by a radical left district attorney”.
Willis has given all defendants until Friday to voluntarily surrender. Conservative lawyer John Eastman, Trump lawyer Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis, a former attorney for the Trump campaign, are among those to have already done so.
The 98-page indictment brought against Trump and a number of his associates last week is one of four criminal cases being faced by the former president, who remains a clear favourite to once again become the Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election.
Trump has been charged by federal prosecutors in Washington with attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 election, and separately over the alleged mishandling of sensitive government documents.
He has also been indicted by the Manhattan district attorney for allegedly arranging a scheme involving “hush money” payments to an adult film actress. He has pleaded not guilty in all three of the earlier cases.
Willis has previously said her office would this week ask the judge to set a trial date within the next six months: “We do want to move this case along.”
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