Trump plans to turn himself in at Fulton County jail after agreeing to bond agreement terms

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Former President Donald Trump plans to show himself in and be processed on the Fulton County jail on Thursday, following his settlement earlier Monday to a $200,000 bond and different launch circumstances.

“I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED,” Trump wrote on Fact Social, confirming CNN’s earlier reporting from two sources accustomed to the plan.

A number of co-defendants within the sweeping Georgia racketeering case have additionally agreed to the phrases of their bond agreements with the district lawyer’s workplace.

Trump’s attorneys Jennifer Little, Drew Findling and Marissa Goldberg met with the district lawyer’s workplace on Monday earlier than the small print of the bond settlement had been launched. Little, Findling and Goldberg are primarily based within the state. Different Trump attorneys have been working behind the scenes on the strategy to the bond and Trump’s forthcoming arrest, together with Todd Blanche, who has taken the helm as Trump’s main protection lawyer throughout his a number of felony indictments.

The discharge circumstances outlined in Trump’s bond order are extra in depth than these specified by the others authorized earlier Monday within the case.

In contrast to a few of his co-defendants, the previous president is explicitly barred within the order from utilizing social media to focus on his 18 co-defendants within the case, in addition to any witnesses and the 30 unindicted co-conspirators.

“The Defendant shall carry out no act to intimidate any particular person identified to her or him to be a codefendant or witness on this case or to in any other case impede the administration of justice,” the order signed by Fulton County Superior Courtroom Decide Scott McAfee states.

“The above shall embody, however will not be restricted to, posts on social media or reposts of posts made by one other particular person on social media,” the order reads.

The Fulton County election subversion case marks the primary time the discharge circumstances for Trump have included a money bond and a prohibition on intimidation by means of social media.

The felony case is the fourth introduced in opposition to the previous president this yr. Within the earlier circumstances, the circumstances for Trump’s launch after arrest and pending trial have been largely routine.

Within the Mar-a-Lago paperwork case introduced in opposition to him by particular counsel Jack Smith in Florida, Trump was launched on private recognizance, although there was some pushback from his attorneys on the restrictions that had been imposed on his contact with witnesses in that case.

Trump additionally was launched on minimal circumstances in Smith’s election subversion case introduced in Washington, DC. These circumstances embody not being allowed to speak with anybody identified to be a witness within the case except by means of an lawyer. And within the New York hush cash case, Trump was equally ordered to not talk concerning the case with anybody central to it besides by means of certainly one of his attorneys.

Along with Trump’s bond orders, a number of extra defendants had bond orders authorized Monday. Conservative lawyer John Eastman reached a $100,000 bond settlement with Fulton County District Legal professional Fani Willis, and defendant Scott Corridor, a bail bondsman, additionally reached a bond settlement with Willis, in response to court docket filings. Corridor’s bond was set at $10,000.

Kenneth Chesebro’s bond was set at $100,000 and Ray Smith’s was was set at $50,000.

The bond orders embody comparable language for launch, resembling that defendants should report back to pre-trial supervision each 30 days, and might accomplish that by cellphone. They’re additionally barred from speaking with the opposite 18 co-defendants or any witnesses concerning the case.

The entire 19 defendants within the case who had been indicted final week, together with Trump, are anticipated to show themselves on this week forward of a Friday deadline set by Willis, following final week’s sweeping indictment over Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Eastman plans to give up to Fulton County authorities on Wednesday, in response to a brand new submitting Monday – the primary affirmation outdoors of Trump of a date on which certainly one of his 18 co-defendants will flip themselves in for his or her arrest and processing.

The conservative lawyer has been dealing with disciplinary proceedings within the State Bar of California, wherein he might lose his license to observe legislation within the state. Hearings had been set for a number of days this week, however a decide of the State Bar Courtroom of California mentioned on Monday night time that Eastman wouldn’t be earlier than her on Tuesday and Wednesday due to his forthcoming give up.

“Primarily based on the latest electronic mail exchanges between and with the events, the court docket is keen to make sure modifications on this week’s trial schedule so as to accommodate Dr. Eastman’s give up in Fulton County, Georgia, which the court docket understands will happen on Wednesday, August twenty third,” Decide Yvette Roland wrote in a court docket order.

In a typical case in Fulton County when police make an arrest, the arrestee is booked into jail and should seem earlier than a Justice of the Peace decide inside 72 hours. That probably received’t be the case for the defendants on this racketeering case. As a result of they’ve already been indicted and are anticipated to barter the phrases of launch and bond earlier than surrendering on the jail, they probably received’t have an preliminary court docket look, attorneys advised CNN.

Regulation enforcement presence stays at an elevated stage on the Fulton County court docket complicated. Dozens of legislation enforcement autos are parked, lining the 2 block radius across the court docket in addition to the federal government middle the place the 19 defendants are anticipated to barter the phrases of launch and bond with the district lawyer’s workplace.

Regulation enforcement officers from the Fulton County sheriff’s workplace have been taking the lead in safety outdoors the buildings, however members from different companies and departments – just like the US Marshals Service, who’re answerable for courthouse safety, in addition to Atlanta police – even have been seen patrolling the world and staged outdoors of public entrances.

In accordance with a information launch from the sheriff’s workplace on Monday, the barricades across the Fulton County courthouse will stay in place till Saturday. The deadline for the defendants to show themselves in is Friday at 12 p.m. ET.

This story and headline have been up to date with extra developments.

CORRECTION: This story has been corrected to determine which attorneys from Trump’s staff met with officers on the Fulton County district lawyer’s workplace on Monday.