the highest amount is actually for the most serious of the charges, the one that unifies the indictment. we talked about it a lot. the rico charge, that is $80,000 in bond and then $10,000 per each of the other charges. it totals up to about $200,000. i think it is fair and reasonable under the circumstances. let s compare it to others, because in fact john eastman came in earlier today, if we look at the other people who are part of the 19 slate of co-defenders there, intentional state of electors, there you have the codefendant bond agreement and you ve got john eastman, 100 grand he is supposed to pay. ken is chesebro 100,000, ray smith and scott hall lower at 50 and ten respectively. why? well, trump was the alleged ring leader of is this rico conspiracy and the other crimes. let s remember, he and all of his defendants depicted here are innocent until proven
i think it is fair and reasonable under the circumstances. let s compare it to others, because in fact john eastman came in earlier today, if we look at the other people who are part of the 19 slate of co-defenders there, intentional state of electors, there you have the codefendant bond agreement and you ve got john eastman, 100 grand he is supposed to pay. ken is chesebro 100,000, ray smith and scott hall lower at 50 and ten respectively. why? well, trump was the alleged ring leader of is this rico conspiracy and the other crimes. let s remember, he and all of his defendants depicted here are innocent until proven guilty. as a former prosecutor and former defense lawyer we know that we ll. trump is the ringleader, he gets the highest amount. but, as a federal judge in california said, judge david carter, a very distinguished jurist, this was an attempted
eastman and cheseboro. they are at the $100,000 range. she s below that. but certainly much more than some of the lower level officials. and clark, we saw john eastman today, a very central figure here. one person turning himself in ahead of this deadline. he sent a statement through his lawyers in what he is basically arguing here is that he was just doing his job. that he was ethically bound to challenge the results of the election. ethically bound to zealously provide services on behalf of his client. what do you make of that defense? i don t think it is a good defense at all. what we re seeing, he said the head of the, he is at the led of the fake elector scheme which is the most dangerous part of the rico conspiracy alleged by the district attorney. and you know, it appears that eastman was involved in getting these electoral certificates from georgia else and where
seriousness, not news hyperbole, it is unlike any criminal justice proceeding we have seen for a group or alleged gang of racketeering influence people to ever come out of any white house. one by one, they are, today, turning themselves into the fulton county jail. trump himself, the defendant atop the rico conspiracy set to turn himself in thursday. today, trump s coup lawyer, john eastman, went in there, turned himself in to authorities. this is footage of him outside of that courthouse. he is out on a $100,000 bond. the other trump codefendant to turn himself in is an individual that may be less well known, but according to the d.a., this is an alleged rico gang that you re looking at. that means the acts of one are the responsibility of all. that is the case. that is tough the beat. if they beat it, we ll announce they beat it. but if they don t, this is an alleged gang.
in the face of all of that, as so far survived. we are learning more about the country that we still are. a country where equal justice under a law is not a lofty hypothetical but in actual it means more than anything. donald trump continues to learn that lesson the hard way. after that grand jury in fulton county indicted him in 18 codes dances week over an alleged co-conspiracy to overturn the election events in georgia, he is now facing a whopping 91 felony counts in total. 91! with a friday deadline for all of these defendants to turn themselves in, next week means a trip to the fulton county jail for the former president. according to the sheriff, it also means a mugshot. that will be a first in the summer indictment tour. right now trump seems worried in a way that is, sort of, unusual for him. at least publicly. we don t know what he is behind the scenes. after promising four days he would hold a major news conference tomorrow, monday, to finally unveiled the irrefutable claim