Donald Trump's 'Kraken' lawyer Sidney Powell poses for her mugshot after surrendering in Georgia
Powell is charged with seven counts including several counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud. Rudy Giuliani followed close behind, getting booked right after Powell.
By Morgan Phillips,
Daily Mail
Aug 23, 2023
Trump's attorney known as the 'Kraken' Sidney Powell surrendered Wednesday afternoon in Georgia and her mugshot released
The Kraken ... Powell's repeated threats to release the monster never panned out
Donald Trump's fiery former attorney known as the 'Kraken' Sidney Powell surrendered Wednesday afternoon in Georgia - and had her mugshot released.
Powell is charged with seven counts including several counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud. Her bond was set at $100,000.
Best known for the stories she spun about Dominion Voting Systems, Powell is another one of the 'strike force' lawyers who toured the country unsuccessfully pitching a voter fraud theory to any and all legal bodies.
She is credited with being one of the loudest voices advising Trump to fight to overturn the election and fast became associated with her promise that she would 'release the kraken' - referring to evidence that the election had been stolen.
A flurry of more defendants in Georgia's investigation into Donald Trump's plot to overturn the election have handed themselves over to the Fulton County jail.
Rudy Giuliani followed close behind, getting booked right after Powell. He is being released on $150,000 bond.
An almost giddy-looking attorney Jenna Ellis, who was all smiles for her mug shot, handed herself over to authorities around the same time and was granted a $100,000 bond.
Georgia-based lawyer Ray Smith and Trump campaign attorney Ken Chesebro were also booked Wednesday. Chesebro's bond was set at $100,000, Smith's at $50,000, and both were released from jail about two hours after they arrived.
Former Georgia GOP chairman and state legislator David Shafer and former Coffee County GOP chair Cathy Latham turned themselves in at the jail early Wednesday morning - both of their bonds set at $75,000. They have since been released.
Their arrests come after conservative attorney John Eastman and Atlanta-area bail bondsman Scott Hall surrendered to authorities on Tuesday. And in the landmark moment of the case, former President Trump will turn himself into the jail on Thursday.
An almost giddy-looking attorney Jenna Ellis, who was all smiles for her mug shot, handed herself over to authorities around the same time and was granted a $100,000 bond
Rudy Giuliani followed close behind, getting booked right after Powell. He is being released on $150,000 bond
Here's a summary of the allegations against the defendants who have turned themselves in so far:
Giuliani was the most prominent purveyor of Trump's claims that the election results in Georgia and elsewhere were riddled with fraud and faces 13 felony counts as part of the sweeping racketeering indictment led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Ellis appeared with Giuliani at a Georgia legislative hearing and echoed falsehoods about the state's election and wrote legal memos on behalf of Trump saying former Vice President Mike Pence should de-certify the election results.
Shafer's role in the alleged scheme was organizing an unofficial slate of electors after the 2020 presidential election results had Joe Biden winning in Georgia.
Meanwhile, Latham has been accused of allowing unauthorized forensics experts from SullivanStrickler to examine voting machines in Coffee County - where she was chairwoman of the GOP. It's believed the experts illegally downloaded data from Dominion voting machines on behalf of Trump.
Smith is accused of advising the alternate slate of electors who met at the state capital and cast votes for Trump and signed documents that falsely claimed Trump won the election. Smith also reportedly sent a letter and submitted affidavits to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger supporting Trump as the winner.
Smith also appeared before a state Senate subcommittee investigating allegations of voter fraud shortly after the election and claimed 130,000 illegal votes had been cast.
Chesebro reportedly helped coordinate the 16 Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate claiming Trump won and declaring themselves the state’s 'duly elected and qualified' electors.
Trump announced Wednesday he would 'proudly' be arrested on Thursday.
'NOBODY HAS EVER FOUGHT FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY LIKE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP,' the former president wrote on his Truth Social account.
'FOR DOING SO, I WILL PROUDLY BE ARRESTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN GEORGIA. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!' he wrote on Truth Social.
Trump's attorney Sidney Powell was the latest to surrender Wednesday afternoon
Georgia-based lawyer Ray Smith was also booked Wednesday - bond set at $50,000
Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro (left, circled, in red MAGA hat) is seen filming Alex Jones (center) and the surrounding crowd outside the Capitol building in Washington. D.C., on Jan. 6. 2021
Trump and his 18 co-defendants were charged on August 14 with attempting to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election, and were given a deadline of Friday at noon to hand themselves in for booking.
On Monday, the 77-year-old's bail was set at $200,000 and he was ordered not to send threatening social media messages.
Sheriff's deputies on Monday stepped up security, installing barriers around the run-down jailhouse, as his legal team was spotted entering District Attorney Fani Willis' office.
Authorities in Fulton County said he can expect no special treatment.
He will have to be fingerprinted like other suspects at the notorious jail, and may, for the first time in his four indictments, have his mugshot taken.
The jail is well known for its squalid conditions, although Trump will not be held there while he awaits trial.
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