Georgia Rico case: John Eastman surrenders to authorities ( www.bbc.com )
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Two people accused of conspiring with ex-President Donald Trump in the state of Georgia have turned themselves in to face charges of election interference.
John Eastman, one of 19 co-defendants named in the Georgia indictment, faces nine counts of racketeering and conspiracy.
Another defendant - Scott Hall, a Georgia bail bondsman - has also surrendered to local officials.
Mr Trump is expected to surrender on Thursday on the 13 charges against him.
The Fulton County district attorney’s office last week charged the former president and 18 allies with attempting to overturn his electoral defeat in the closely-contested state in 2020.
Prosecutors have set a deadline of Friday noon local time for each defendant to surrender and be booked into the local Rice Street jail.
Prosecutors consider Mr Eastman, 63, a key figure in the plot to meddle with the 2020 election results.
The California law professor represented the former president in a lawsuit trying to overturn election results in four states he lost in 2020.
In Georgia, he is alleged to be part of a plot to urge state senators to disregard the election results and appoint fake electors.
On Tuesday, he was released on a $100,000 (£78,500) bond agreement after being booked and spending a couple of hours inside the jail.
