Trump to turn himself in after judge sets $200,000 bond in Georgia election interference case News
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Trump to turn himself in after judge sets $200,000 bond in Georgia election interference case

A Georgia judge set former US President Donald Trump’s bond at $200,000 Monday in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ election interference case. Trump announced Monday that he planned to turn himself in Thursday for booking in the Fulton County Jail.

In Judge Scott McAfee stipulated in the bond order that if Trump makes threats against any co-defendants, witnesses, victims, the Fulton County community or any un-indicted co-conspirators over social media or in reposts, his bond will be revoked and he will have to report to jail immediately. The order also stipulates that if Trump shares any information about the case with any co-defendants—directly or indirectly—without going through his counsel, the bond will be revoked. Trump responded to the bond order on social media, saying:

The failed District Attorney of Fulton County (Atlanta), Fani Willis, insisted on a $200,000 Bond from me. I assume, therefore, that she thought I was a “flight” risk – I’d fly far away, maybe to Russia, Russia, Russia, share a gold domed suite with Vladimir, never to be seen or heard from again. Would I be able to take my very “understated” airplane with the gold TRUMP affixed for all to see. Probably not, I’d be much better off flying commercial – I’m sure nobody would recognize me!

Mere hours before the release of the bond order, Trump announced on social media that he planned to turn himself into the Fulton County jail on Thursday. He announced, “I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED by a Radical Left District Attorney, Fani Willis, who is overseeing one of the greatest Murder and Violent Crime DISASTERS in American History.”

So far, two of Trump’s co-defendants in the case have turned themselves in. Former Trump attorney John Eastman turned himself in Tuesday, with bond set at $100,000. Scott Hall, who is alleged to have breached Coffee County, Georgia voting machines on behalf of Trump’s effort to interfere with the 2020 US presidential election results, also turned himself in Tuesday. Records show Hall has been assessed a bond of $10,000. Two other co-defendants have reached bond agreements but have yet to turn themselves as of writing.

A Georgia grand jury indicted Trump on 13 state criminal charges on August 15. Willis is leading the prosecution against Trump and his 18 c0-defendants who are charged with conspiring to interfere in Georgia’s election process during the 2020 US presidential election. Though Trump has not yet entered a plea, the case is expected to proceed to trial in an Atlanta, Georgia courtroom.

The Georgia case is only one of Trump’s multiple criminal legal cases as he begins his 2024 run for president. Trump pleaded not guilty to 40 charges in Florida related to the improper storage and retention of classified documents, pleaded not guilty to an additional 34 charges in a falsified business records criminal case in New York, and pleaded not guilty to another 4 charges in a second federal election interference case. All told, Trump faces 91 criminal counts.