Rudy Giuliani’s mugshot has been released by authorities after he surrendered at Fulton County Jail today.
Rudolph W. Giuliani turned himself in on Wednesday in the racketeering case against former President Donald J. Trump and his allies, surrendering at the Atlanta jail where the defendants are being booked.
When Mr. Giuliani, whose bond was set at $150,000, arrived in Atlanta, Kenneth Chesebro, another defendant in the complicated case, had just filed a motion for a speedy trial. The trial for all 19 defendants would have to begin no later than November 3 in that scenario, which Georgia law permits, months earlier than the prosecution had requested.
The former mayor of New York, Mr. Giuliani, addressed the media after being arrested and called the case “an attack on the American people.”
Among those charged in the investigation, he and Trump are facing the most. After the 2020 election, Mr. Giuliani represented Mr. Trump personally and was instrumental in spreading rumours that the election had been rigged against him.
When Mr. Giuliani was mayor, Bernard Kerik, who was in charge of New York City’s police department, went with him to the jail in Atlanta. The case does not name Mr. Kerik as a defendant. John Esposito from the New York law firm Aidala, Bertuna and Kamins was also travelling with Mr. Giuliani, who flew to Atlanta on a private plane; he is anticipated to take the lead in representing Mr. Giuliani, according to someone familiar with the arrangement.
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Before his arrest, the former mayor’s attorneys had a meeting with the Fulton County district attorney’s office, under the direction of Fani T. Willis.
On Wednesday, a bond of $100,000 was set for another defendant, Sidney Powell, a lawyer who promoted fictitious allegations of vote fraud and counselled Mr. Trump to contest his electoral defeat.
The $200,000 bond for Mr. Trump, who intends to surrender himself on Thursday, includes requirements that he not intimidate witnesses or co-defendants, whether through social media posts or other means. He now faces a racketeering allegation as a former federal prosecutor who gained notoriety for his work on racketeering cases.
