Georgia jail installs barricades as judge sets $100,000 bail for Trump ally John Eastman in 2020 election interference case
- Former President Donald Trump has until noon on Friday to surrender to authorities
- On Monday, a Georgia judge ordered $100,000 bail for ally John Eastman
- Trump is expected to travel to Fulton County on Thursday or Friday
Fulton County Sheriff’s deputies stepped up security Monday by erecting barriers around the dilapidated jail where Donald Trump and his 18 co-conspirators are due to surrender before noon Friday.
The former president was charged last week in an extortion case who accused him and his associates of a massive plot to undo his 2020 election defeat.
A date and time has yet to be determined when Trump will be booked, but a source familiar with scheduling said it would likely be Thursday or Friday.
His team is reportedly negotiating the terms of his surrender with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and was seen entering her office on Monday.
Details of what might be involved in the talks emerged minutes earlier.
Fulton County sheriff’s deputies install security barriers outside the Fulton County jail on Monday, days after an indictment against Donald Trump and 18 co-conspirators
Trump has until Friday afternoon to get booked. He is expected to turn himself in on Thursday or Friday, waiting until after Wednesday’s Republican debate, which he says he will skip
John Eastman, the attorney charged with helping orchestrate the former president’s bogus voter scheme, has agreed to post $100,000 bail in the case, according to new court documents.
The “consent bond order,” published on the Fulton County Superior Court website, requires Eastman to report “every 30 days to pre-trial supervision” and states that he “will not take any action to known to intimidate him or her’. be a co-defendant or witness in this case or otherwise obstruct the administration of justice.’
It also emerged that Scott Graham Hall had reached a $10,000 bond deal. He is the local bail bondsman accused of requisitioning voting information in Coffee County, South Georgia. Atlanta News First reported the details.
Last week’s indictment was the fourth since April against Trump.
Fulton County authorities said he cannot expect special treatment. Like other suspects in the infamous prison, he will have to be fingerprinted and his police photo can be taken for the first time.
Meanwhile, deputies were out on Monday morning preparing for a massive media scrutiny and the possibility of protesters converging at the prison.
They placed steel barriers around the prison.
Court filings released Monday show attorney John Eastman (left) reached a $100,000 bond deal and Scott Graham Hall reached a $10,000 deal