Donald Trump's bond in Georgia 2020 election case is set

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Trump and several others were given consent bonds on Monday.

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A Fulton County judge has set a $200,000
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bond for former President Donald Trump,
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and bond has also been sent for the several
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other defendants charged in a massive Rico
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case tied to the Georgia 2020 election.
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So within the last couple of ho,
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we spotted Trump's attorneys heg
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into the Fulton County Courthou,
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presumably to discuss the bond conditions.
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We have a crew there trying to ask them
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questions as they walk out of that courtroom.
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Let's get straight to Joe Riple.
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He's live at the Fulton County ,
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where all nineteen of these codefendants
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or these offendants will have to show
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up at some point this week. Joe.
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That's right, Ron.
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Some point between now and Friday at noon.
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That is the deadline set by
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Fulton County DA Fonnie Willis.
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As a matter of fact,
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a former President Trump's
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bond was just set by a judge
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this afternoon at $200,000,
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by far more than any other
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codefendant in this Rico case.
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So these bond conditions just set this
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afternoon by a Superior Court j,
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lay out a quicker process so fos
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who have to come and get bookedn
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can get out of the jail a lot faster.
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Fulton
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County Sheriff's deputies wait
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outside the Fulton County jail
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expecting former President Trumd
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18 Co defendants listed in a Rio
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indictment in Fulton County to n
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themselves in 11 alive confirme.
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This afternoon, a judge set bonr
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several defendants accused of playing
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a role on the alternate elector scheme
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and providing false testimony at
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election fraud to Georgia lawma.
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Bond was also set for a defendat
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charged with copying election da
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and software in Coffee County.
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When a court is willing to set bail or bond,
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it means that they have agreed t
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there's some amount of money tht
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the offender, the alleged offen,
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can pay in order to remain free, Emory
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University law professor Kay Levine says.
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The judge looks at a number of
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factors when determining bond,
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including the charges themselve.
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People who have more significant resources,
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especially passports, and who he
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no significant ties to Georgia,
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appear to be greater flight risks than
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people who have fewer resources and our
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longstanding members of the community,
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Levine says. Defendants who livn
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Georgia and don't have close ties with
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Trump might be considered less a
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flight risk and therefore get lower bonds.
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The bond notice requires defendants to
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report to pretrial supervision every 30 days,
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show up to court at the given t,
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not break any laws, not talk abt
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the case with any codefendants
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or witnesses or intimidate them.
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All right, Joe. So some of our
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viewers are probably wondering,
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why are former President Trump's
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bond conditions different
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from the other codefendants?
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Right. So the conditions that
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we just laid out a moment ago,
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those all apply to former President Trump.
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The only difference in this cas,
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Ron, is that there are some more
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guide guardrails and guidelines,
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if you will, when it comes to specific
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threats or intimidation that cod
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be made directly or indirectly,
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according to these filing docum,
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especially as it concerns former
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President Trump's social media.
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We'll get into more of that,
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plus why former President Trump's bond
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is set so significantly higher n
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the other code defendants ahead at six.
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All right, Joe,
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we'll see you tonight at 6:00.
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