More co-defendants in former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case reached bond agreements with prosecutors Wednesday, days after Trump agreed to a $200,000 bond—the highest of any of the deals publicized so far, marking a departure from his previous three indictments when he was released without any monetary conditions.
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Trump’s former attorney Sidney Powell on Wednesday agreed to post a $100,000 bond when she surrenders to Fulton County authorities, report monthly to pretrial services and abstain from communicating with her co-defendants and intimidating witnesses, in exchange for her release in the case accusing her, Trump and 18 others of operating a “criminal enterprise” to upend results of the 2020 presidential election in the state.
Donald Trump, who said he will surrender Thursday, agreed to an $80,000 bond for the racketeering charge against him and $10,000 for each of the additional 12 charges he faces, according to court documents made public Monday.
The agreement also prohibits Trump from discussing the case with any of his 18 co-defendants and from making threats against his co-defendants or witnesses in the case, including via social media.
Former Trump attorneys Kenneth Chesebro, John Eastman and Jenna Ellis each agreed to a $100,000 bond.
Former Coffee County GOP Chair Cathy Latham, former Georgia state Sen. David Shafer and pastor Stephen Lee each agreed to post $75,000 bond.
Georgia lawyers Robert Cheeley and Ray Smith and former Trump campaign official Mike Roman agreed to a $50,000 bond.
Georgia bail bondsman Scott Hall, charged with seven counts, agreed to a $10,000 bond.
Georgia Republican Sen. Shawn Still, charged with seven counts, agreed to a $10,000 signature bond.
Latham and Shafer turned themselves in Wednesday, after Eastman and Hall became the first to surrender to Fulton County authorities on Tuesday ahead of a Friday deadline set by prosecutors
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced last Monday a grand jury voted to indict Trump and 18 others, including former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, for orchestrating what her office called a “criminal enterprise” intended to upend President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win in the state. All 19 defendants are charged with racketeering and are required to surrender to the Fulton County, District Attorney’s office by Friday at noon. The case marks Trump’s fourth indictment this year, bringing the total number of criminal charges he faces to 91. The existence of the monetary bond adds to the seriousness of the Georgia case, which differs from his other indictments for several reasons, including that he now faces some charges for the first time that carry a minimum jail sentence.
Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani is expected to negotiate a bond agreement with prosecutors and turn himself in on Wednesday. Giuliani is charged with 13 counts, including racketeering, for allegedly proliferating false accusations of election fraud and attempting to convince elected officials to violate their oaths of offices by helping Trump and his accomplices overturn election results in the state.
The Fulton County Sheriff’s Department released mug shots for Eastman and Hall late Tuesday and are expected to follow suit with the other 16 co-defendants, including Trump, marking a departure from his previous three indictments when a mug shot was not taken, given his high profile and low flight risk.
At least three of the defendants, Shafer, Meadows and former Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Clark, are seeking to have their cases moved to federal court, arguing that the venue is inappropriate because their actions at the time fell under federal law. Shafer, who is accused of helping organize fake electors to submit false certificates to the Electoral College naming Trump the winner of Georgia’s election, blamed Trump for his role in the scheme in a court filing that said he and the other electors “acted at the direction of the incumbent President and other federal officials.” Clark and Meadows also filed motions seeking to block their arrests, citing their ongoing bids to move the cases to federal court.
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