2y ago

Trump and several co-defendants negotiating bond terms with Fulton County DA’s office Monday

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Trump and several co-defendants negotiating bond terms with Fulton County DA's office Monday | CNN Politics

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2y ago

Trump plans to turn himself in Thursday at Fulton County jail

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100K for Eastman so far, no word yet on Trump or the others.
Low enough to keep Trump out of a cell without breaking a sweat.
Fucking rich people...
- I'm not trying to minimize the unfairness of this, but... bond is intended to ensure that a person sticks around until trial. This is all pretrial, so the precedent is that it should not be punishment, it should be insurance.
  If they ever lose track of Trump, they can just check Faux News. If he skips bail, they can just pull up that Truth Social and look at what he's posting. He can't run away and disappear, because it's impossible for him.
  Illinois has even gotten rid of cash bail entirely, because in this day an age, you can't hide without leaving society. Either you are so dangerous that they need to keep you locked up until trial, or you aren't and shouldn't be punished until it's proven beyond a reasonable doubt that you did the thing.
  We shouldn't be complaining that we're not punishing them early, we should be pushing for the same treatment to the rest (like is slowly happening now.)
  https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/the-illinois-supreme-court-cash-bail-ruling-explained
  
  Bond should not be something rich people can afford and poor people can't. If you want to make an argument for eliminating cash bond, I'm with you, but it isn't there in Georgia and it should be a sliding scale if anything.
  
  Georgia law also requires that the accused "Poses no significant risk of intimidating witnesses or otherwise obstructing the administration of justice."
  I'm really interested in how they're going to address that one given Trump's history of intimidating witnesses, juries and obstructing the administration of justice..
  
  All presidents are always accompanied by secret service detail. We know exactly where he is all the time.
$200,000 for Trump, and he has to agree to not intimidate anyone. Pool's open, guys, how long until he violates the order?
- I give it less than 24 hours.
- How long of a car ride is it from the courthouse to his nearest property/airplane? Because it will happen during that time frame. Although, there's the outside chance that he'll violate the order while still inside the courthouse. I'd give that one longer odds, just because he'll want to be sitting down when he pulls out his phone, and I doubt he'd sit and relax in the courthouse.
- 3-2-1...
- Walk in, get a mugshot and fingerprinted, pay more money than most people make in a year but less money than would ever cause them worry, walk out.
- Little bit more than that, I'm hearing Fulton County is like an 11 hour process, that may be something else they're trying to negotiate.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Former President Donald Trump and several co-defendants in the sweeping Georgia racketeering case are expected to work out the terms of their bond Monday with the Fulton County district attorney’s office, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Donald Trump’s legal team has arrived at the Fulton County courthouse where they are expected to meet with the district attorney’s office and negotiate the terms of the former president’s bond and release conditions, sources told CNN.
In a typical case in Fulton County when police make an arrest, the arrestee is booked into jail and must appear before a magistrate judge within 72 hours.
Because they have already been indicted and are expected to negotiate the terms of release and bond before surrendering at the jail, they most likely won’t have an initial court appearance, attorneys told CNN.
Dozens of law enforcement vehicles are parked, lining the two block radius around the court as well as the government center where the 19 defendants are expected to negotiate the terms of release and bond with the district attorney’s office.
According to a news release from the sheriff’s office on Monday, the barricades around the Fulton County courthouse will remain in place until Saturday.
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