He's a flight risk. He belongs behind bars.
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2023
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I don't think he is. He wants to be President, and he can't really do that if he flees the country.
So I don't think he'll run, he'll delay as much as he can.
And he will pay that with pocket change
*other people's pocket change
- Jared's pocket change from the $2B he got from the Saudis
Shh.
The Saudis are our "allies." If people keep mentioning their behavior, we'll have to invade Iraq again.
He'll probably cough up someone to pay his bail for him. I'm just waiting for when he is going to break the conditions on victim intimidation and lose that bail and go to jail.
And I say when, not if. Because we all know, he just cannot shut his loose mouth.
10% of bond must be posted, IIRC. So, is $20k all that he needs to walk?
That's for poor people...
Bail is just "give us x amount till trial so we know you'll come back" but you're supposed to actually get that back.
But because most people couldn't pay, bondsman starting popping up. You pay them 10%, and they put up the rest. But you never get your 10% back, it's gone.
So for decades now, if you were gonna run, you just paid 10%. So courts started jacking up bail amounts, because they know a runner only needs 10%.
Which means even more people have to pay the 10% fine.
trump can just put some property on the line instead of cash, and this has zero effect on him.
Our bail system is a fucking joke
Cash bail is a joke
You're either a risk or you're not
Anything monetary is just a fine for the rich
A crime isn't a crime if the only punishment is a fine. In that case, it's just the cost of doing business for the rich.
Wow, that's it?
The money is irrelevant, it's the conditions that are set. He's on a very very short leash and it's a matter of time before he violates them units he can manage to keep his mouth shut and his fingers on his balls.
It's not a huge deal. He's not really a flight risk -- the Secret Service protective detail is on him 24/7.
He’ll pay it in “two weeks.”