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Trump co-defendant pleads guilty in Georgia election case
NBC News ^ | September. 29, 2023 | Charlie Gile and Dareh Gregorian

Posted on 09/29/2023 1:22:40 PM PDT by Coronal

ATLANTA — Scott Hall, one of the 18 defendants charged along with former President Donald Trump for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia, pleaded guilty to the charges against him Friday.

Hall is the first defendant to enter a plea in the case.

Under the terms of an agreement with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's office, Hall pleaded guilty to 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.

Under the terms of the deal, he's being sentenced to five years probation, and agreed to "testify truthfully in this case and all further proceedings."

Hall, 59, is a bail bondsman who was hit with charges relating to a voting system breach in Georgia’s Coffee County in early 2021. He was also the first of the 19 defendants charged in the case to surrender last month.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: donatedonaldtrump; donatetrump; georgia; guilty; johndean; razorramon; scotthall
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1 posted on 09/29/2023 1:22:40 PM PDT by Coronal
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To: Coronal

Your glee for the day, Coronal?


2 posted on 09/29/2023 1:23:52 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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“The process IS the punishment.”


3 posted on 09/29/2023 1:24:38 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Coronal
testify  truthfully  in this case and all further proceedings

/reality edit

4 posted on 09/29/2023 1:25:43 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: Coronal

As soon as I saw the title, I said to myself: He’ll get probation. He just has to agree to lie (oops, I mean testify) in upcoming cases.

Then I read the excerpt. I was right.


5 posted on 09/29/2023 1:27:54 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Coronal

Well we now have our first liar,


6 posted on 09/29/2023 1:30:27 PM PDT by Kakaze (I'd like the Republic back)
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To: Leaning Right
He just has to agree to lie

No doubt that is the plan. His perjury will land him in jail when he goes up against President Trump and the 4-D Rook comes crashing down - Discovery!!!
7 posted on 09/29/2023 1:30:50 PM PDT by Observator
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To: Coronal

Threats and deals = mounting pile to use in ‘other’ cases.


8 posted on 09/29/2023 1:31:38 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Coronal

wow. how is this even possible? oh, that’s right, the corrupt GOPe and courts running GA. “Never mind.”


9 posted on 09/29/2023 1:33:24 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: Coronal
Scared into submission and not enough funds to hire a good lawyer = guilty plea.

10 posted on 09/29/2023 1:33:29 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty)
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To: Leaning Right

He’s a lower echelon guy on the case I’m not sure how much he really had interaction with Trump, wait until someone like Mark Meadows or Jenna Ellis takes a plea, the person who could also drop some real bombshells is Rudy Guiliani, if he takes a plea, that would be really bad.

Fanni Ellis is going to want some really big scalps in this case, Trump being the biggest, but others like Guiliani may be to big to take a plea from, she may want to convict him as well as Trump.


11 posted on 09/29/2023 1:33:47 PM PDT by srmanuel
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To: Coronal

This is BS.

I had a 20,000 fine from civil rights regarding teh stupid emotional pets thing. I had nothing to do with it, tenants had advertised a room without my knowing. I even had tenants with pets but didn’t matter.

Didn’t have enough resources to fight it, didn’t know how. lawyer “negotiated” it down to 5,000 fine because he had a relationship with civil rights. I paid a fine directly to the pervert who brought the charge, it was his way of earning money. AND I PLEADED GUILTY TO A FELONY and attended there stupid remediation course which also cost me money.

Pleading guilty means NOTHING!


12 posted on 09/29/2023 1:34:04 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: tomkat

This is how a kangaroo court works.

1. Make the defendant destitute with legal bills and have a possible jail sentence hanging over his head.
2. Make the suggestion he testify against Trump be it truth or not and it is probably not the truth.
3. Voila! Due to your cooperation I see a small fine, and a little bit of public service and you will be okay if you say the right things. We know you did not remember Trump’s crimes at first but upon meditation you did remember all the crimes of Trump. Have a good day sir.


13 posted on 09/29/2023 1:35:30 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter-deckhand-oilfield roughneck-drilling fluiids tech-geologist-pilot-instructor-pharmacist)
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To: Leaning Right

I remember the discussions among the Founding Fathers where they couldn’t wait till the government got so large that it could crush random individuals at will with a rigged “justice” system.


14 posted on 09/29/2023 1:36:58 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: srmanuel
the person who could also drop some real bombshells is Rudy Guiliani, if he takes a plea, that would be really bad.

I have a feeling Giuliani is eyeing the exit but not that door.
15 posted on 09/29/2023 1:37:19 PM PDT by Observator
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To: cpdiii

I forgot to add the following:

Beria is looking up from hell and thinking, “Just damn, I could have had a place in the USA Justice Department! They are using every thing I did!”


16 posted on 09/29/2023 1:40:22 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter-deckhand-oilfield roughneck-drilling fluiids tech-geologist-pilot-instructor-pharmacist)
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To: Coronal

I’m guessing his captors reminded him of the J6 prisoner’s plight and then offered a plea agreement (an offer he couldn’t refuse) if he lied and turned on President Trump.


17 posted on 09/29/2023 1:41:42 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Coronal

So he got let off scott free to Lie about president Trump 🤔


18 posted on 09/29/2023 1:43:21 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Coronal
Not everyone charged has the resources to afford a prolonged court battle, so the process is the punishment and in this case someone agreed to a plea deal so the lawyer meter would stop running.

Now we'll see what he 'truthfully' testifies about in the upcoming trials.

I'm hoping for a Gaige Grosskreutz moment at trial. (Gaige Grosskreutz was the one shot in the bicep by Kyle Rittenhouse, and his testimony helped Kyle more than it hurt.)

19 posted on 09/29/2023 1:43:40 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Coronal

Didn’t General Michael Flynn plead guilty?


20 posted on 09/29/2023 1:47:38 PM PDT by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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