Former US President Donald Trump will pay $200,000 (nearly 185,000 euros) in bail to the Georgia court which will try him for his actions during the 2020 election in this key state in the south-east of the country, according to court documents released Monday, August 21.
Mr. Trump and the 18 others charged in the case have until noon Friday (6 p.m. CET) to report to the Fulton County Court Jail in Atlanta, the state capital. . In view of this deadline, his lawyers have agreed to pay this deposit, without indicating the date on which he will appear in court. Four other of the defendants also agreed to post bail ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 each.
Posting bail allows defendants not to be remanded in custody, provided they are not breaking any laws, refraining from threats, and not communicating with each other other than through their lawyers.
A grand jury — a panel of citizens with investigative powers — appointed by Atlanta County District Attorney Fani Willis on Aug. 14 indicted Mr. Trump and 18 others for their alleged wrongful attempts to obtain the reversal of the result of the 2020 election won in this state by the current Democratic President, Joe Biden. They are prosecuted under a law on organized crime which provides for sentences of five to twenty years in prison.
Fourth indictment
This is the fourth criminal indictment of the former president, who is running for the White House again and remains the favorite for the Republican primaries, even though he announced on Sunday that he would refuse to participate in the debates of the Grand Old Party. which begin on Wednesday.
Donald Trump denies any wrongdoing and he calls the case – and the three others he faces – attempts to damage his 2024 presidential campaign. He regularly uses his Truth Social platform to speak out against prosecutors and others. people involved in his affairs, and to continue to claim, without advocating proof, that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
In a post on Monday, he describes Prosecutor Willis as “crooked, incompetent and very partisan”. He also attacks the governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp. This Republican, who pushed back against the former US president’s attempts to annul the election, recently wrote on social media that “Georgia’s 2020 election wasn’t stolen. »