By Zachary Cohen, Jason Morris and Nick Valencia | CNNOne of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants has pleaded guilty to five counts in the 2020 election subversion case in Georgia. Bail bondsman Scott Hall, 59, is the first defendant in the case brought by the Fulton County district attorney’s office to take a plea agreement with prosecutors. The agreement, entered in Fulton County Superior Court on Friday afternoon, recommends a sentence of five years probation. Hall was accused of conspiring to unlawfully access voter data and ballot counting machines at the Coffee County election office on January 7, 2021. He testified before the special grand jury in the Fulton County case and acknowledged that he gained access to a voting machine.

Source: CNN September 29, 2023 23:57 UTC