Jordan Lund@lemmy.one to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoRudy Giuliani booked in Trump Georgia election interference case, bond set at $150,000www.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1561arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1553arrow-down1external-linkRudy Giuliani booked in Trump Georgia election interference case, bond set at $150,000www.cnbc.comJordan Lund@lemmy.one to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
Edit Sidney Powell now too! https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-indictment-arrest-live-updates-rcna100651
minus-squareJordan Lund@lemmy.oneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoGeorgia has a 10% deal, so he only has to post $15K. https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-bond-set-200000-fulton-county-election-interference/story?id=102431955 “The bond can be paid through cash, a commercial surety, or a court program that requires a payment of 10% of the bond amount.”
minus-squareStatick@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWhat is the point of a large bail bond if 10% is all that needs to be paid? Why not get rid of that and just set it at whatever 10% is?
minus-squareSludgeyy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIf you skip out on court, you owe the whole thing.
Georgia has a 10% deal, so he only has to post $15K.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-bond-set-200000-fulton-county-election-interference/story?id=102431955
“The bond can be paid through cash, a commercial surety, or a court program that requires a payment of 10% of the bond amount.”
What is the point of a large bail bond if 10% is all that needs to be paid? Why not get rid of that and just set it at whatever 10% is?
If you skip out on court, you owe the whole thing.
Ah, gotcha