A protestor holds a sign outside the Fulton County Jail on August 23, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Jessica McGowan / Getty
UPDATED: 3:30 p.m. ET, Aug. 25
All 19 suspects in the sweeping RICO indictment against former President Donald Trump have been arrested and booked in Georgia as of Friday afternoon.
Trump surrendered on Thursday night, just hours before the deadline of 12 noon on Friday that was set by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. His mugshot was released to the public following his arrest and booking at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. He was released shortly afterward on a $200,000 bond.
After being booked, Trump repeated the lie that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged” and “stolen” from him before disingenuously deflecting to Stacey Abrams and Hilary Clinton as examples of Democrats who have contested election results without being criminally charged.
“As you know, you have many people that you’ve been watching over the years doing the same thing, whether it’s Hilary Clinton or Stacey Abrams or many others,” Trump told reporters from Atlanta’s airport before departing to his golf club in New Jersey. “When you have that great freedom to challenge, you have to be able to. Otherwise, you’re gonna have very dishonest elections.”
Trump’s fourth criminal indictment in as many months may not end up being the most consequential, but so far it’s easily been the most transparent as a parade of alleged election-interfering MAGA conservatives make their way to Georgia to surrender, get arrested, booked and pose for mugshots.
Thus far, with Trump’s previous three indictments, mugshots for the 2020 election denier have been elusive. That’s all changed on Thursday when the man charged by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office with racketeering, conspiracy and organized (RICO) crimes surrounding his alleged efforts to overturn the election results in Georgia walked into the Atlanta jail and turned himself in.
A total of 19 people — Trump and more than a dozen of his sycophants, including people with ready name recognition like former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani — have been charged in the sweeping indictment in Georgia with serious felonies for allegedly playing various roles in bolstering the former president’s lies that he won the 2020 election.
A Fulton County Sheriff officer stands at an entrance to the Fulton County Jail on August 22, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Joe Raedle / Getty
In particular, Trump and his co-defendants tried — and failed — to criminalize two Black women election workers in Georgia they pressured to help overturn the election, the indictment charges. Ruby Freeman testified before the Jan. 6 Committee last year about the harassment she and her daughter, Wandrea Arshaye “Shaye” Moss, received due to Trump falsely and repeatedly claiming they were involved in the election fraud that has repeatedly been proven to have never, ever existed in the first place.
Trump faces a total of 13 charges, including violating Georgia’s racketeering act, the solicitation of violation of oath by public officer, conspiracy to impersonate a public officer, conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree and giving false statements and writings and filing false documents. He has already agreed to pay a $200,000 bond following his formal arrest.
Two Black people are among the otherwise all-white group of alleged Trump stooges — former R. Kelly and Kanye West publicist Trevian Kutti, and Black Voices for Trump executive director Harrison Floyd. Both of the sunken-place MAGA minions are accused of aiding Trump and his attorneys in the harassment of Freeman. Floyd was the lone defendant in the indictment who was not granted bond because of prior charges.
Earlier this year, Floyd was charged with assaulting an FBI agent serving him a subpoena to testify before a federal grand jury in the case that ultimately led to Trump’s federal indictment for his mishandling of classified documents, CNN reported.
Fulton County Sheriffs stand outside the Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 23, 2023. | Source: CHANDAN KHANNA / Getty
In the meantime, the suspects’ mugshots have been going viral since they were shared with media outlets.
Scroll down to find their mugshots and brief explanations about the crimes they are charged with for allegedly trying to help Trump overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
1. Robert Cheeley
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The lawyer is facing 10 counts, including violation of the Georgia RICO Act, conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer, two counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, two counts of conspiracy to commit false statements and writings, conspiracy to commit filing false documents, solicitation of violation of oath by public officer, false statements and writings and perjury.
“Cheeley is an Alpharetta attorney who is accused of giving state legislators video clips that he said showed election workers handling ballots at State Farm Arena, claiming that the poll workers double and triple counted votes,” WFTV reported.
2. Kenneth Chesebro
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Also named in Trump’s federal indictment, Kenneth Chesebro is implicated in the fake electors plan that aimed to “find” more votes in Georgia in an effort to overturn the state’s election results. Chesebro was released on a $50,000 bond.
3. Jeffrey Clark
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The former Justice Department official is facing Georgia’s racketeering charge along with “a felony charge of criminal attempt to commit false statements and writings, based on a letter he wanted to send in December 2020 to state officials in Georgia that falsely claimed that the Justice Department had ‘identified significant concerns’ that would affect the state’s election results,” the New York Times reported.
Clark was released on a $100,000 bond after surrendering on Thursday night following Trump’s arrest and booking at Fulton County Jail.
4. John Eastman
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John Eastman, one of Trump’s former lawyers who is also described as a co-conspirator, was also involved in the fake electors scheme.
“Eastman is accused of sending an email to co-defendant Robert David Cheeley, ‘unindicted co-conspirator Individual 8, whose identity is known to the grand jury, and (Georgia state Sen. Brandon Beach) that stated that the Trump presidential elector nominees in Georgia needed to meet on Dec. 14, 2020, sign six sets of certificates of vote, and mail them ‘to the President of the Senate and to other officials.’ This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.”’
Eastman was released on a $100,000 bond.
5. Jenna Ellis
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Jenna Ellis, another former Trump lawyer, is implicated alongside Giuliani and “drafted memos supporting the notion that Pence had the authority to block Biden’s win,” Politico reported. Ellis was released on a $100,000 bond.
6. Rudy Giuliani
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Rudy Giuliani, former personal lawyer for Trump, is charged with “making false statements and soliciting false testimony, conspiring to create phony paperwork and asking state lawmakers to violate their oath of office to appoint an alternate slate of pro-Trump electors,” the Associated Press reported.
Giuliani was released on a $150,000 bond.
7. Scott Hall
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Scott Hall, a bail bondsman in Georgia, is charged with “conspiring to unlawfully access voter data and ballot counting machines at the Coffee County election office on Jan. 7, 2021,” CNN reported. Hall was released on a $10,000 bond.
8. Misty Hampton
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The former Coffee County elections supervisor is facing seven counts, including violation of the Georgia RICO Act, two counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud, conspiracy to commit computer theft, conspiracy to commit computer trespass, conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy and conspiracy to defraud the state.
“Additionally, Hampton was caught on surveillance video allowing two men who were active in challenging the result of the 2020 election results into the elections office on Jan. 18, 2021. The two men spent almost 4 hours there that night and more than 9 hours there the next day. Hampton told the Washington Post that she opened the office to the two men because she did not trust the results of the election.”
9. Floyd Harrison
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The leader of Black Voices for Trump is charged with violating Georgia’s RICO Act, influencing witnesses and the conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements and writings.
10. Trevian Kutti
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The former publicist for disgraced singer R. Kelly and the accused antisemite rapper formerly known as Kanye West is charged with violation of the Georgia RICO Act, conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements and writings and influencing witnesses. Kutti was recorded on video trying to coerce a Georgia election worker into confessing to election fraud that never existed.
11. Cathy Latham
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Former Coffee County GOP Chair Cathy Latham is facing “11 charges, including impersonating a public officer and conspiracy to commit election fraud,” Cox Media Group reported. Latham was released on a $75,000 bond.
12. Stephen Cliffgard Lee
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The Lutheran pastor based in Illinois is charged with five counts, including influencing witnesses, racketeering and conspiring to commit false statements. He was unable to pay his $75,000 bond after surrendering on Friday, according to the Chicago Tribune.
13. Mark Meadows
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Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff is facing charges of racketeering and soliciting a violation of an oath by a public officer. He turned himself in on Thursday afternoon and was subsequently released on a $100,000 bond.
14. Sidney Powell
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Sidney Powell, former Trump lawyer, is facing seven charges, “including one count of violating Georgia’s RICO Act and two counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud. Powell served as Trump’s attorney and she frequently claimed that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from him, despite a lack of evidence,” Cox Media Group reported.
Powell was released on a $100,000 bond.
15. Michael Roman
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The former Trump campaign staff member was charged with conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, conspiracy to commit false statements and writings, violation of the Georgia RICO Act, conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer and conspiracy to commit filing false documents.
Roman “was involved in unsuccessful efforts to use slates of fake GOP electors to block the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory,” WFTV reported. “Roman also promoted baseless claims of voter fraud.”
He was released on a $200,000 after surrendering on Friday.
16. David Shafer
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Former Georgia State Sen. David Shafer was charged with “eight state crimes including violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law, forgery and impersonating a public officer. According to prosecutors, Shafer played a key role in organizing the Trump campaign’s slate of fake electors in the state,” Cox Media Group reported.
Shafer was released on a $75,000 bond.
17. Ray Smith
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Georgia lawyer Ray Smith is “facing charges of violating the State’s RICO Act, conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer, conspiracy to commit filing false documents, two counts each of conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, conspiracy to commit false statements and writings, making false statements and writings and solicitation of violation of oath by public officer,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Smith was released on a $75,000 bond.
18. Shawn Still
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This freshman and still-sitting Georgia state senator was charged with impersonating a public officer, forgery and criminally attempting to file false documents.
“One of the prominent charges against Still pertains to his alleged involvement in signing a certificate falsely declaring former President Trump’s victory in Georgia and designating himself as one of the state’s qualified electors,” 11 Alive reported. “Still was one of 16 Georgia Republicans named in this regard.”
19. Donald Trump
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Trump poses for his booking photo at the Fulton County Jail on August 24, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. Trump was booked on 13 charges related to an alleged plan to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
