Trump’s bond is set at $200,000 in the Georgia election case
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Sarah D WireAugust 21, 2023
Former President Trump’s band in Fulton County, Ga.
,
Indictment of attempts to overthrow
Georgia is the
The 2020 election result is set at $200,000. The terms of the release include
additional
prohibition of witness intimidation and other restrictions.
Trump and the 18 others charged in the case have until noon
ET
Friday to surrender to authorities in the racketeering case brought by Fulton County Dist. attentive Fani Willis in connection with efforts to keep Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election
against Democrat Joe Biden
. The suspects are expected to be arranged in early September.
The terms of Trump’s release, which were set by a judge and made public Monday, include instructions not to make direct or indirect threats, including through social media, against potential witnesses, victims or the unindicted co-conspirators mentioned in the indictment, but not named. . He has also been ordered not to communicate the facts of the case with a known witness
It
except through legal counsel.
“The defendant may post a cash bond, through a commercial surety bond, or through the Fulton County Jail 10% program,” the order said.
Trump faces charges of racketeering and a dozen other felonies, including incitement to violate an official’s oath, conspiracy to commit forgery and
to make
false statements and writings.
The indictment alleges a massive effort to disrupt the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, elsewhere in Georgia and in other states, including through false statements in court and false allegations by Trump and others against a few pollsters,
together with
Attempts to abuse the Justice Department to convince state legislators to reverse the results.
The indictment includes a plan to secretly assemble a series of bogus voters at the Georgia Capitol
Unpleasant
vote for Trump anyway
joe
Biden who won a majority of the vote in the state, and to use the competing slates
of voters
to stir Georgia’s result when Congress convened on January 6, 2021
,
to certify the election results.
Trump has said his actions were not illegal and that the investigation
What
politically motivated.
Bond what
So
set
Monday
on $100,000 for former Trump election attorney and California professor John Eastman, who has been accused of press
Than-
VP
Mike
pennies to slow down
convention
certification of the results or
Unpleasant
throwing out Georgia’s votes
;
and for Kenneth Chesebro, who is accused of organizing the fake voter scheme.
Bond was set at $10,000 for Scott Hall, a Georgia bail bondsman accused of facilitating access to the electoral system in Coffee County, Georgia, by a team working for Trump’s allies.
Bond was also set at $50,000 for Georgia attorney Ray Smith, who led state legal challenges to the Trump campaign.
The witness restrictions were not included in the bond orders for Eastman, Chesebro, Hall
or Smith
.
Fernando Dowling is an author and political journalist who writes for 24 News Globe. He has a deep understanding of the political landscape and a passion for analyzing the latest political trends and news.