Former President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to surrender himself at the Fulton County jail on Thursday. This decision comes after he agreed to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions earlier on Monday.
Multiple co-defendants in the extensive Georgia racketeering case have also accepted the terms of their bond agreements with the district attorney's office on the same day.
Trump's legal team, including Jennifer Little, Drew Findling, and Marissa Goldberg, who are based in the state, met with the district attorney's office before the details of the bond agreement were made public. Other lawyers, like Todd Blanche, have been working behind the scenes on the strategy for the bond and Trump's impending arrest. Blanche has taken on the role of Trump's primary defense attorney across various criminal indictments.
The release conditions outlined in Trump's bond order are more comprehensive than those of other defendants. Notably, the order explicitly prevents Trump from using social media to intimidate his co-defendants, witnesses, and unindicted co-conspirators. The order states, "The Defendant shall perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice." This includes refraining from posting or reposting content on social media.
This case, involving allegations of election subversion in Fulton County, marks the first time a cash bond and a ban on social media intimidation have been part of Trump's release conditions.
This is the fourth case brought against the former president this year. In previous cases, the conditions for Trump's release after arrest and pending trial were largely standard.
Several other defendants, such as John Eastman and Scott Hall, have reached bond agreements as well. All 19 defendants, including Trump, are expected to turn themselves in before a Friday deadline set by the district attorney's office. The heightened law enforcement presence around the Fulton County court complex, including barricades, will likely remain in place until Saturday. The defendants' surrender deadline is Friday at 12 p.m. ET.