{"id":2008137,"date":"2023-08-22T13:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-trump-election-meddling-case-bond-set-for-ex-georgia-gop-chair-other-co-defendants\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T13:37:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:37:02","slug":"in-trump-election-meddling-case-bond-set-for-ex-georgia-gop-chair-other-co-defendants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-trump-election-meddling-case-bond-set-for-ex-georgia-gop-chair-other-co-defendants\/","title":{"rendered":"Bond has been set for ex-Georgia GOP Chair and other co-defendants in Trump election meddling case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-trump-election-meddling-case-bond-set-for-ex-georgia-gop-chair-other-co-defendants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2008137&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former\u2063 Georgia GOP Chair David Shafer Must Post $75,000 Bond in Election Meddling\u200c Case<\/h2>\n<p>Former Georgia GOP Chair David Shafer has\u200c been ordered to post a $75,000\u200c bond in the case of alleged election meddling filed\u2062 against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants, \u200dincluding Mr. Shafer.<\/p>\n<p>The order for Mr.\u2063 Shafer \u2064was filed \u200con Aug. 22, \u200dalong with a $10,000 bond \u2063set for a current\u2062 Georgia state senator, Shawn Still.<\/p>\n<p>As of midday on Aug. \u200c22, bonds \u200bin varying amounts had been set for a half-dozen of the \u2064defendants. The highest amount, $200,000, applies to President\u200c Trump. Mr. Still, unlike the other\u200c defendants so far, is permitted to file what is known \u200das a &#8220;signature&#8221; bond, \u2062promising\u2062 to appear in court or\u200c forfeit $10,000. The other\u2063 defendants are allowed to post 10 percent of the bond amount through a bail bondsman.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-co-defendants-booked-into-georgia-jail-former-president-expected-to-surrender-in-2-days-5478319\">2 Trump Co-defendants Surrender to Georgia Jail<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/22\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-co-defendant-jeffrey-clark-requests-georgia-indictment-be-moved-to-federal-court-5478242\">2 More\u200c Trump Co-Defendants Request Georgia Indictment Be Moved to Federal Court<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/22\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ironically, a man who works\u200b as a bail bondsman, Scott Hall, \u2062has been charged in the case and\u2064 was not\u200c afforded the opportunity to post a signature bond, according to\u200d court records. His bond \u200dwas \u2063set at $10,000\u2062 cash or \u200bsurety.<\/p>\n<p>Under a standard order filed\u2062 in each \u2063of the \u200dcases, the defendants must report to pretrial services every 30\u2064 days. They&#8217;re also \u200crestricted from\u200b communicating\u2062 about \u2062the case with others who are directly connected to it, except \u200cthrough attorneys.\u2063 And, specifically, President Trump is forbidden \u200cfrom making direct\u200c or indirect threats against anyone involved, including via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> of any kind.<\/p>\n<p>All 19 defendants \u2064are\u200b charged with violating Georgia&#8217;s anti-racketeering \u200claw. Authorities allege that the defendants participated in a criminal enterprise \u200dto unlawfully keep President Trump, a Republican, in office\u2064 after \u2064his Democrat challenger, Joe Biden, was declared the winner \u2064of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-going-on-minnesota-and-wisconsin-both-had-89-90-turnout-something-that-is-highly-unlikely\/\" title=\"What is Going On? Minnesota and Wisconsin BOTH had 89%-90% Turnout -- Something That Is Highly Unlikely\">2020 presidential election<\/a>. \u2062President Trump has called the Biden presidency illegitimate.\u2062 He and his supporters say they had \u2063a right to contest \u2062the election results. But Georgia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-pastor-who-faces-4-year-jail-sentence-for-inciting-church-warns-americans-the-enemy-is-not-hiding-anymore\/\" title=\"Canadian Pastor Who Faces 4-Year Jail Sentence For \u2018Inciting\u2019 Church Warns Americans: \u2018The Enemy Is Not Hiding Anymore\u2019\">authorities allege<\/a> their opposition went outside the bounds\u2062 of the law.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the racketeering charge, each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-trump-election-meddling-case-bond-set-for-ex-georgia-gop-chair-other-co-defendants\/\" title=\"Bond has been set for ex-Georgia GOP Chair and other co-defendants in Trump election meddling case.\">defendant faces additional accusations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u2062 Shafer is accused of eight charges: racketeering plus impersonating a public officer and six charges alleging false writings \u2063or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">false statements<\/a>. Mr. Still is\u2062 charged with seven counts that largely \u200bmirror Mr. Shafer&#8217;s charges.<\/p>\n<p>Bond-setting agreements started being filed on Aug. \u206221, a week after a Fulton County grand jury voted to indict the 45th president and his\u2063 allies. \u200bThen, a day later, on \u2064Aug. 22,\u2064 defendants \u200bbegan surrendering at the jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Georgia GOP Chair David Shafer is required to pay a $75,000 bond in the alleged election meddling case involving ex-President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants, including Shafer. The order was filed on Aug. 22, along with a $10,000 bond for Georgia state senator Shawn Still.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1196,"featured_media":2008138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}