Breaking: First Guilty Plea in Georgia Election Fraud Case

How many more dominoes will fall?

Herbert Dyer, Jr.
2 min readSep 29, 2023

Image: Scott Hall. Fulton County Sheriff’s Office

Donald Trump’s 2020 election interfering case took yet another blow as one of his co-defendants, bail bondsman Scott Hall, pleaded guilty today (September 29).

Hall wisely negotiated and accepted a plea deal with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office. In exchange for his guilty plea to five misdemeanors, Hall will be placed on five years probation, together with other “conditions”, to wit:

Do you understand that conditions of your probation in this sentence is that you testify truthfully at any further court proceedings to include trials of any co-defendants that is listed on the original indictment in which you were charged? the DA’s office asked Hall in a Friday afternoon hearing before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee.

Yes, ma’am, he responded.

The five misdemeanor counts — downgraded from the original seven felonies — involve Scott’s participation in a conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of an election.

Interestingly and more specifically, Hall, 59, is a bail bondsman whose original charges alleged breaching of Georgia’s…

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Herbert Dyer, Jr.

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