Rudy Giuliani, America's mayor, who was once referred to Winston Churchill for his leadership in the aftermath of 9/11, surrendered to authorities in Fulton County, Georgia.
The onetime Republican White House hopeful who became former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer in the wake of the 2020 presidential election faces multiple felonies in the Georgia election case.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicted Giuliani under the same racketeering laws he used to break the implacable power of the American mafia.
Mr. Giuliani, whose bond was set at $150,000, arrived in Atlanta as another defendant in the sprawling case, the lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, filed a motion seeking a speedy trial. Under that scenario, which Georgia law allows, the trial for all 19 people indicted in the case would have to start no later than Nov. 3.
Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Trump face the most charges among those indicted in the sprawling case. A former mayor of New York, Mr. Giuliani served as Mr. Trump's personal lawyer in the aftermath of the 2020 election and played a leading role in advancing false claims that the election had been stolen from Mr. Trump.
Bernard Kerik, who served as New York City's police commissioner during Mr. Giuliani's tenure as mayor, planned to accompany him to the jail in Atlanta, two people with knowledge of Mr. Giuliani's plans said. Mr. Kerik is not a defendant in the case. Also traveling with Mr. Giuliani, who arrived in Atlanta late Wednesday morning on a private plane, was John Esposito, a New York-based lawyer who is expected to take the lead in representing Mr. Giuliani, someone familiar with the arrangement said.
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The bond for Mr. Trump, who plans to turn himself in on Thursday, has been set at $200,000.
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Pay Bond & leave until trial date??