Attorney Sidney Powell conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Nov. 19, 2020.
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Conservative attorney Sidney Powell was booked Wednesday at an Atlanta jail on the heels of several more co-defendants of former President Donald Trump surrendering to face criminal charges in his Georgia election interference case.
Bond was set at $100,000 for Powell, who aggressively pushed false claims of ballot fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
She faces charges that include violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Two people who acted as would-be Electoral College electors for Trump, David Shafer and Cathy Latham, turned themselves in at the Fulton County Jail for booking early Wednesday morning.
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Shafer is a former chairman of Georgia’s Republican Party, and Latham is a former Coffee County GOP chair. Bonds for both were set at $75,000.
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