Trump Bond Set At $200,000 In Georgia Case...

 

By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ

McALLEN, Texas | Well, it's not much, but it's something. And perhaps all it is is just another step on the way to the legal gallows for Donald J. Trump. Bond has been set in his racketeering case up in Atlanta, the one that has him charged with vigorously seeking to overturn the voting preferences of Georgians for his benefit in the 2020 election.

The bond is $200,000.

Yes, of course he can back it. Financially, anyway. And we just do not believe he is any sort of flight risk, 'cause Trump's stage is the U.S. This is where his tired act continues to play. Day after day after day.

This from politico.com: [ Donald Trump’s attorneys have signed an order setting his bond on racketeering charges in Georgia at $200,000 and binding Trump to a set of rules that explicitly limit his ability to use social media to attack witnesses or co-defendants in the case.

The three-page order, signed by Georgia Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, sets the conditions of Trump’s pretrial release in the case, which stems from his effort to subvert the 2020 election.

Trump’s order included a more explicit order on witness intimidation, explicitly referencing the former president’s ability to use his social media platform to level attacks related to the case.

“The Defendant shall perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice,” according to the order, which is also signed by Trump’s attorneys Drew Findling, Marissa Goldberg and Jennifer Little.

That restriction also includes a prohibition on any “direct or indirect threat of any nature against the community or to any property in the community.”

“The above shall include, but are not limited to, posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media,” the order reads.

Trump has spent months assailing prosecutors in the case, though the order does not explicitly reference his commentary on District Attorney Fani Willis or her team. But Trump has also commented on witnesses likely to be called or discussed in the matter, including Ruby Freeman, a Georgia election worker who became the subject of baseless conspiracy theories amplified by Trump and his allies about manipulation of votes in Georgia. ] 

According to various news reports, 77-year-old Trump will report this week to the Fulton County Jail for booking.

It should be another wild moment to be enjoyed by many Americans seeking justice for the freewheeling Trump.

And, of course, publicity hound Trump will enjoy it, as well...

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