$200,000 Trump bond agreement, Michael Jackson’s sexual abuse cases revived
Laura Coates Live
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🗓️ 22 August 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Trump plans to turn in himself in and be processed at the Fulton County jail on Thursday, after being criminally charged with trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. In negotiations, the former president agreed to a cash bond of $200,000 and a prohibition on intimidating co-defendants, witnesses & victims, including through social media. Plus, an appeals court revives Michael Jackson’s sexual abuse cases. And, Trump’s rivals face off without him at the first GOP presidential nominee debate. Also, after an 18% increase in NFL concussions in 2022, can technology protect players?
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Coates. And tonight, we are now just three days away from |
| 0:12.1 | the former president's surrender at the Fulton County jail. After you realize, he was criminally |
| 0:17.2 | charged for allegedly trying to overturn Joe Biden's election victory in Georgia. Two |
| 0:22.8 | sources telling CNN that Donald Trump plans to turn himself in and be processed this coming |
| 0:27.8 | Thursday. Now that date was set during negotiations today, apparently, with the DA, Bonnie Willis |
| 0:33.5 | in her office, over his consent bond and release conditions. We'll talk more about what that |
| 0:38.0 | really means. But bottom line, he agreed to a $200,000 bond and a parade of his co-defendants |
| 0:44.8 | also began reaching their own bond agreements. This case is now marking the very first time |
| 0:50.6 | the release conditions for Trump have included, first of all, a cash bond and also a prohibition |
| 0:56.7 | at the outset on intimidating co-defendants or witnesses and victims, including through social |
| 1:03.0 | media. I want to bring in CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen. We're going to walk through what we've |
| 1:07.2 | learned about this bond agreement norm. You and I are talking about this all the time in terms |
| 1:11.5 | of what to expect. First of all, that big number, 200 grand. Is that fair? Is that expected? |
| 1:19.0 | Laura, I do think it's fair and I think it's expected. In one sense, it's low because that's not |
| 1:25.1 | a number that's very meaningful to someone of Donald Trump's wealth. In Fulton County, Georgia, |
| 1:31.0 | the way they do these bond amounts is they set them by count. And Donald Trump runs all through |
| 1:41.9 | this complaint, this indictment that the Fulton County DA, Bonnie Willis, has put forth. |
| 1:49.4 | You mean the more charges, the higher the bond? Exactly. So the highest amount is actually for |
| 1:54.8 | the most serious of the charges, the one that unifies the indictment. We've talked about it a lot. |
| 2:00.2 | The Rico charge. That's $80,000 in bond. And then $10,000 per each of the other charges. It |
| 2:10.3 | totals up to $200,000. I think it's fair and reasonable under the circumstances. Well, let's compare |
| 2:15.9 | it to others because it wasn't only a person today. In fact, Johnny Eastman came in earlier today. |
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