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For these alleged crimes? >> well, remember that eastman is unique among all these defendants. his role was 100% that of a lawyer, trying to come up with creative ideas that push the margin of the law in order to reverse the electoral college count. so he's unique. he is on trial for being a lawyer who is coming up with creative ideas. he is unique. and he doesn't -- and of course trump might say he relied on eastman's advice because he did. eastman was his lawyer. so, i wouldn't call that throwing anybody under the truck. >> he certainly is making the case that he was unique. today your clien...

Now, if he was to not surrender by friday, yes, he could potentially be detained. >> that would be something. so we'll be watching to see how this plays out. what are we finding out about what may await former president trump on thursday based on his codefendants who surrendered today? >> reporter: we saw two of his codefendants surrender today. the cog orify down here in fulton county is that you negotiate a bond agreement and then go through that process of surrender. we saw a bail bondsman and conservative attorney john eastman, they both went through this process. and as part of this proce...

That on december 31, 2020, your client, john eastman, submitted a filing on trump's behalf, affirming false election fraud allegations in georgia, and that before that eastman, before he filed that according to the document, he acknowledged in an email in writing that he had, quote, been made aware that some of the allegations and evidence proffered by the experts has been inaccurate. and that signing a new affirmation with that knowledge -- and i'm quoting here -- an incorporation by reference, would not be accurate. does eastman think that he was ethically bound to make those knowingly inacc...

Little bit quicker. but the d.a. is adamant that he will be treated like any other defendant. >> paula reid, thank you so much live for us from atlanta. "outfront" tonight, john e eastman's attorney is with us. harvey, thank you so much for being with us. can you give us a sense of how it went today as your client turned himself in? >> completely as predicted. he turned himself in and put up a bond and was released. that is all that was supposed to happen and all that did happen. >> he had a mugshot taken. any other details you can share with us about the process? >> no. it was completely unre...

Filing that he had prior to that admitted would be inaccurate. >> so, a judge can hold a contempt hearing. this is not a case justifying a racketeering indictment. if there is -- if he was inaccurate, that could be taken up in a contempt hearing, it can be taken up in a bar proceeding. but this is a gigantic rico thing, which is trying to put on eastman's lap everything done by everybody else. and i'm not saying everybody else committed a crime. i'm agnostic on that question. i'm only interested in eastman. >> you're a lawyer. do you knowingly make false statements in court on behalf of your c...