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☆ Trump ex-chief Mark Meadows asks judge to protect him from arrest as he seeks to move Georgia case to federal court
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows asked a federal judge Tuesday to immediately move the Georgia criminal election interference case out of state court in order to protect him from being arrested, court filings showed. As an alternative, the federal court could simply issue an order barring Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from arresting Meadows this week, his attorney proposed in the 19-page filing. Meadows and 18 other co-defendants in Willis' case, including Trump, face a Friday deadline to surrender to jail. Meadows seeks to move the state-level case to federal court. But Moran argued that Meadows "would be irreparably injured if the state criminal proceeding is not stopped."

Persons: Mark Meadows, Fani Willis, Meadows, Willis, John Eastman, bondsman Scott Hall, Donald Trump, John Moran, Moran, Trump, Joe Biden, Brad Raffensperger Organizations: White, Washington , D.C, Trump, Court, Georgia Locations: Washington ,, Georgia, Fulton County, Meadows, U.S, Atlanta, Georgia's

☆ Analysis: Donald Trump's $200,000 bond drives home the unique peril of his Georgia indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Trump had to agree, for example, to make no threats on social media against co-defendants, witnesses and the 30 unindicted co-conspirators. The former president has excoriated special counsel Jack Smith, who indicted him twice, on social media and in speeches. Elliot Williams, a former federal prosecutor and CNN legal analyst, said that the terms were fair and did not infringe on Trump’s rights. Trump’s many late-night social media eruptions will make it hard for observers to believe that he will stick to the conditions to which he’s agreed. By Monday evening, Trump had already posted on his social media network about the bond.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Norm Eisen, Barack Obama, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, he’d, Fani Willis, Geoff Duncan, “ shouldn’t, Duncan, Willis, Scott McAfee, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan, Elliot Williams, “, ” Williams, Trump’s, he’s, it’s, Anthony Michael Kreis, CNN’s Brianna Keilar, ” Trump’s, John Eastman, Bond, Ray Smith, Ken Chesebro, Scott Hall, Smith, –, Tolstoy Organizations: CNN, Trump, Democrat, Manhattan, Attorney’s Office, Florida –, Republican, Georgia State University, Conservative, Washington Locations: Atlanta, Milwaukee, Georgia, Fulton County, Washington, Florida, Texas, Washington , DC, Iowa

CNN —Former President Donald Trump has agreed to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions after his lawyers met with the Fulton County District Attorney’s office on Monday, according to court documents reviewed by CNN. According to a new court filing on Monday, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has reached a bond agreement with one of Trump’s co-defendants: conservative attorney John Eastman. Eastman’s $100,000 bond order is the first to appear on the Fulton County court website. Law enforcement presence remains at an elevated level at the Fulton County court complex. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office on Monday, the barricades around the Fulton County courthouse will remain in place until Saturday.

Persons: Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, Jennifer Little, Drew Findling, Blanche, Fani Willis, Trump’s, John Eastman, Scott Hall, Willis, Willis ’, Atlanta police – Organizations: CNN, Trump, Fulton, US Marshals Service, Atlanta police Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Atlanta, Fulton

☆ Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia election interference indictment include Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Kanye West's former publicist
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Azmi Haroun | Lloyd Lee | Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump was indicted again Monday in connection to his efforts to overturn Georgia's election results. Fulton County DA Fani Willis charged the former president with 13 crimes including racketeering. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. In February, the foreperson for the Fulton County grand jury, who heard months worth of witness testimony told CNN, that the amount of recommended indictments was "not a short list." More than 75 witnesses were called before the grand jury throughout the probe, per CNN.

Persons: Trump, Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Willis, Joe Biden's, David Shafer, Cathleen Latham, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Kenneth Cheseboro, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis, Ray Smith III, Mark Meadows, Michael Roman, Robert Cheeley, Shawn Still, Stephen Lee Harrison Floyd, Sydney Powell, Sydney Powell Scott Hall, Misty Hampton, — Organizations: Fulton, Trump, Service, CNN, Republican, Georgia Republican, Ray Smith III Former Trump, GOP, Trump Trevian, Kanye West Dallas, Sydney Powell Scott, Fulton County Republican Locations: Fulton County, Wall, Silicon, Georgia, Coffee County, Michael Roman Georgia, Chicago

As president, Trump could try to pardon himself for federal crimes or otherwise seek to dismiss the Justice Department’s cases with “control” of the agency, his attorneys have said. Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Trial Date: May 20, 2024Sentence the Charges Carry: each carries a maximum fine of $250,000, with a maximum prison sentence of between five and 20 years. Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaTrial date: TBDSentence the Charges Carry: Each carries a maximum prison sentence of between five and 20 years. Willis had requested a trial date of Aug. 5, 2024, but McAfee has not yet settled on a date.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, –, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Juan Merchan, Merchan, Jack Smith, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan, District Attorney Fani Willis, Scott McAfee, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, bondsman Scott Hall, Willis, McAfee Organizations: of Columbia, GOP, White, Trump, Prosecutors, Manhattan, Attorney, New York, New, Donald Trump View, Department of Justice, U.S, Walt Nauta –, Mar, Southern, Southern District of, Washington , D.C, Justice, U.S ., Appeals, District of Columbia, District Attorney, Fulton County Superior Court of Locations: New York, Miami, Atlanta, reimbursing, Manhattan, New York County, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Washington ,, United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Fulton County Superior Court of Georgia

CNN —Former President Donald Trump on Monday was criminally charged for the fourth time this year in a sweeping Georgia indictment accusing him of being the head of a “criminal enterprise” to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis included 18 defendants in addition to Trump, 41 charges in total and 30 unindicted co-conspirators. Willis’ indictment also went well beyond what transpired in Georgia as she used racketeering violations to charge a broad criminal conspiracy. Here are the takeaways from the Georgia indictment:Another indictment against the 2024 Republican front-runnerAfter the Georgia indictment, Trump is now facing four separate indictments at the same time that he’s running for president in 2024. Indictment highlights under-the-radar breach of Georgia voting systemsSeveral of former Trump’s co-defendants in the indictment are facing charges in connection with the breach of a voting system in rural Coffee County, Georgia, that took place after the 2020 election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Jack Smith’s, Trump, Smith, Willis ’, Willis, CNN’s Sara Murray –, Joe Biden, Brad Raffensperger, Raffensperger, Georgia Racketeer, Feedback Coates, CNN Wills, “, unindicted, Ruby Freeman, Mike Pence, Meadows, Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani –, Trump’s, Raffensperger . Giuliani –, Sidney Powell, Misty Hampton, Cathy Latham, Scott Hall Organizations: CNN, Trump, Republican, Georgia, Prosecutors, White House, White, Meadows, Capitol, Georgia House, Senate, Fulton, GOP Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia County, Monday’s, Pennsylvania , Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin , Arizona, Coffee County , Georgia, Coffee, Coffee County

☆ Trump wants the $5 million he owes E. Jean Carroll held as cash, not as a bond, in a weird move that saves him just $55,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump must set aside $5.55 million dollars for E. Jean Carroll while he appeals her successful defamation verdict. On Friday, he made the unusual move of asking the court to hold the money as cash, rather than as a bond. Surety experts say the move saves Trump the price of a bond premium: just $55,000. Trump attorney Joe Tacopina filed the request Friday with US District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over the defamation and sexual assault trial. That amount could be nothing if Trump wins an outright reversal of the judgment, or less than $5 million if an appeals court reduces the judgment.

Persons: Trump, Jean Carroll, —, Donald Trump, E, It's, Mike Lapre, Lapre, Joe Tacopina, Lewis Kaplan, Tacopina, Carroll, Roberta Kaplan, Trump's, Ira Judelson, Judelson, Dominique Strauss, Kahn, Plaxico Burress, Conor McGregor, nix, he's Organizations: Trump, Service, NFP, NFL Locations: Manhattan, York City

☆ Somehow 32 school districts in Mississippi are still under federal orders to desegregate
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Michael Goldberg | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But 69 years later, 32 school districts in Mississippi are still under federal desegregation orders. (AP) — There are 32 school districts in Mississippi still under federal desegregation orders, the US Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division's assistant attorney general said Thursday. "In our ongoing efforts to fulfill the promise of Brown vs. Board of Education, we currently have 32 open cases with school districts here in Mississippi," Clarke said. In addition to school districts, Clarke said at least five Mississippi jails and prisons have come under federal scrutiny. Clarke declined to offer more details about the case, citing an ongoing federal civil rights investigation.

Persons: Brown, —, Kristen Clarke, Clarke, Rogelio V, Solis Mississippi, Michael Corey Jenkins, Jill Collen Jefferson, JULIAN, Bonita Streeter, Mitzi Dease Paige, Solis, Jefferson Organizations: Service, US Department of Justice's, US Department of Justice's Civil Rights, Justice Department, of Education, Holmes, Community, Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, AP, The Justice Department, Mississippi Delta, Penitentiary, South Mississippi Correctional Institution, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, Correctional, Sheriff's Deputies, Southern, Southern District of, Solis An Associated Press, Lexington Police Department, The, Department, FBI Locations: Mississippi, LEXINGTON, Miss, Lexington, Jackson, Parchman, Wilkinson, Hinds, Rankin, Southern District, Southern District of Mississippi, Solis An

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried's $250 million bail bond is a 'joke' and prosecutors have been too 'lenient' with the FTX founder, securities lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Parts of Sam Bankman-Fried's bail conditions are "ludicrous," a securities lawyer said. For Bankman-Fried's $250 million bond, there was no cash exchanged for his release, but a promise not to flee the country. Bankman-Fried was released on a $250 million bail bond in late December, which was cosigned by his parents, who pledged their home in Palo Alto as collateral. Murphy says there was no real money used for Bankman-Fried's bond, but a promise not to flee the country. Bankman-Fried's bail conditions tightened earlier this month after he sent a text to a former top FTX executive, which an overseeing judge described as a "material threat of inappropriate contact with prospective witnesses."

☆ Explainer: How did Bankman-Fried secure $250 mln bail?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Dec 22 (Reuters) - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried clinched a bail deal on Thursday that would see him released on a $250 million bond secured against his parents' property with restrictions on his movement. Here is an explainer on how his deal stacks up and how bail works:Was Bankman-Fried expected to get bail? Does the bail amount mean Bankman-Fried or his family has $250 million? In Bankman-Fried's case, the $250 million bond is secured by his parents' home. The $250 million bond does not reflect the family's assets, which could not be determined.

☆ 2023 BMW i7 xDrive60: An Executive Lounge in the Back Seat
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Dan Neil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

WIDE RANGING The all-electric 2023 BMW i7 xDrive60 sedan offers more than 300 miles of range and fast-charging capacity up to 195 kW, able to add 80 miles of range in 10 minutes. In Hegel’s construct, the servant is the lucky one, for it is the servant who finds purpose, reward and fulfillment in labor. The master is rather to be pitied, because that person depends on the servant not only for labor but for validation as master. This required reading from long ago bubbled up last month while I was riding in the back of the all-new, all-electric, upwardly audacious BMW i7 executive sedan, at a first-drive event in Palm Springs. I was sitting in the boss’s seat—the right-rear recliner, with my feet up and head resting on a synthetic-suede cushion (the Executive Lounge option).

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