Trump’s legal team agree to $200K bond in Fulton County

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🗓️ 21 August 2023

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President Trump’s bond in Georgia has been set at $200,000 as the former president and 18 co-defendants are expected to turn themselves into the Fulton County jail by the end of the week. Plus, tropical storm Hilary is drenching California with a year’s worth of rain in a single day and 25 million people from Southern California to Idaho are now under flood watches. Also, a California store owner is shot dead over a pride flag hanging outside her clothing store. The suspected gunman is also dead. We look at what the authorities are now learning about the dispute. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the lead, America Hill.
0:08.3	In for Jake Tapper, we do begin with breaking news this afternoon.
0:11.1	You are looking at live pictures here of the Fulton County Courthouse, where Donald
0:14.8	Trump's lawyers just finished meeting with the Fulton County DA's office.
0:19.2	At that meeting, Trump's lawyers agreed to a $200,000 bond as part of the former president's
0:24.7	release conditions when he surrenders to face charges over his effort to overturn Georgia's
0:30.3	2020 election results.
0:32.1	We are also learning details about the release conditions for at least two of Trump's
0:36.3	co-defendants, former Trump attorney John Eastman, who's agreed to pay a $100,000 bond,
0:42.0	and former poll watcher Scott Hall, who agreed to a $10,000 bond.
0:47.0	Trump is expected to turn himself in on either Thursday or Friday, which of course will
0:50.8	be just hours after the first Republican debate.
0:53.9	Republican hopefuls expected to share that stage on Wednesday night, but overshadowing
0:59.1	their appearance, the frontrunner who won't be there.
1:01.9	Donald Trump is choosing to skip the big event.
1:04.4	A decision he's made before, but it still is one that remains extremely rare in U.S.
1:09.8	politics.
1:10.8	Also rare?
1:11.8	A candidate who's facing 91 criminal charges.
1:14.9	A number of firsts in this 2024 cycle.
1:18.4	Let's begin our coverage this afternoon with CNN's Polaried, who's in Fulton County,
1:22.0	Georgia, in front of the courthouse there.
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