Man pleads guilty over attempt to reverse Trump election defeat

Hall, 59, pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties

Former president Donald Trump has been charged with racketeering (Jae C. Hong/AP)

A man charged alongside Donald Trump and 17 others with trying to overturn the ex-president’s Georgia election defeat has pleaded guilty, becoming the first defendant to accept a plea deal with prosecutors.

As part of the deal, Scott Hall will receive five years of probation and agreed to testify in further proceedings.