Who was indicted alongside former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election case? Meet some of his co-defendants and read more about their specific charges.

Republican poll watcher Scott Hall is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 22, 2023. Fulton County Sheriff’s Office/Handout via REUTERS

Georgia bail bondsman Scott Hall was the first of 18 people indicted alongside Trump to plead guilty for participating in what prosecutors describe as a wide-ranging effort to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.

He’s alleged to have helped remove election equipment and computer voting data from Coffee County, Georgia, alongside others like attorney Sidney Powell, who pleaded guilty in November.

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In addition to Powell, attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Jenna Ellis have also pleaded guilty to charges in this case.

What charge did Hall plead guilty to in Georgia?

In September, Hall was the first co-defendant to plead guilty in Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis’ case against former president Donald Trump and 17 other conspirators.

He pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties.

Hall was sentenced to serve five years of probation, complete 200 hours of community service, pay a $5,000 fine and write an apology letter to the citizens of Georgia. He’s also forbidden from participating in polling and activities related to running elections, and agreed to testify truthfully in any further trials for this case.

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Hall was originally charged on 7 counts:

• Violation of the Georgia RICO act
• 2 counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud
• Conspiracy to commit computer theft
• Conspiracy to commit computer trespass
• Conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy
• Conspiracy to defraud the state

What did the Fulton County indictment allege?

Prosecutors cited an email from Georgia Republican Party chair David Shafer that Hall had “been looking into the election on behalf of the President at the request of David Bossie,” as early as Nov. 20, 2020.

In addition to various phone calls Hall made and received at the beginning of January 2021, which prosecutors do not explain in detail, Hall is largely indicted as part of the alleged effort to access and remove voter data and elections equipment from the Coffee County Board of Elections.

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The indictment alleges that Hall and others “aided, abetted and encouraged” employees of Sullivan Strickler, LLC to remove and examine voting data from Dominion Voting Systems, tamper with electronic ballot markers and tabulating machines, and remove official ballots from Coffee County polling locations in January 2021.

What is Hall’s connection to Trump? And what did he do before?

Hall is a bail bondsman in Georgia and is the brother-in-law of David Bossie, who served as Trump’s deputy campaign manager in 2016.

According to the Washington Post, Hall was chief executive of Anytime Bail Bonding, based in Augusta, Ga. In 2012, he was elected president of the Professional Bail Agents of the United States, a trade group representing his industry. He also lobbied for the Georgia Association of Professional Bondsmen in the state’s legislature, where he developed relationships with politicians.

Hall believed the election had been tampered with, and used some of his networks to perpetuate his theories. Shafer connected Hall with Trump campaign staffers to share that he was “looking into the election,” and asked them for their cooperation and to exchange contact information with Hall. Hall then called Jeffrey Clark, a lawyer in the Justice Department who was also indicted in the scheme. The indictment identified a 63-minute phone call between Hall and Clark as part of the conspiracy, but did not include the details of the call.

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