Attorney John Eastman surrenders to authorities on charges in Georgia 2020 election subversion case

Attorney John Eastman and bail bondsman Scott Hall turned themselves in to the Fulton County Jail on Thursday, August 24, 2023. Eastman and Hall are two of the 19 people indicted by a Fulton County grand jury for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office)

This story was updated on Wednesday at 9:22 a.m.

John Eastman, the conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, turned himself in to authorities Tuesday on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the former president’s 2020 election loss.

Eastman was booked at the Fulton County jail and is expected to have an arraignment in the coming weeks in the sprawling racketeering case.