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Story · August 21, 2023

Trump’s Georgia Bond Order Lands Monday; He Says He’ll Surrender Thursday

By The Daily Fuckup Newsroom · From Trump’s Georgia Bond Week Opens With a $200,000 Reminder of the Criminal Case

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Correction: This story has been corrected to clarify that the bond order was entered on Aug. 21, 2023, and Trump separately said he would surrender on Aug. 24.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee entered a consent bond order on Aug. 21, 2023, in Donald Trump’s Georgia election-interference case. The order set Trump’s bond at $200,000 and laid out release conditions covering his conduct while the case moves forward. It was filed Monday afternoon; it did not itself schedule a booking or surrender date.

The bond amount was broken into counts in the indictment, with $80,000 assigned to the racketeering charge and $10,000 each on the other counts listed in the order. The filing also says Trump may post bond as cash, through a commercial surety, or through the Fulton County Jail’s 10% program. ([fultonclerk.org](https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/2095/DONALD-TRUMP-CONSENT-ORDER))

The same order bars Trump from making direct or indirect threats against co-defendants, witnesses, victims or the community, including through social media or reposts. It also prohibits him from communicating about the facts of the case with co-defendants or witnesses except through counsel. Those are court-enforceable restrictions, not loose guidelines. ([fultonclerk.org](https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/2095/DONALD-TRUMP-CONSENT-ORDER))

Trump later said he would surrender in Atlanta on Thursday, Aug. 24. That date came from his own announcement, not from the consent order itself. By then, the paper record was set: bond amount, release terms and the judge’s sign-off. The actual surrender remained a separate step. ([cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/21/trump-says-he-will-surrender-at-an-atlanta-jail-on-thursday-in-georgia-election-interference-case.html?utm_source=openai))

The case centers on allegations that Trump and others tried to overturn the 2020 election result in Georgia. With the bond order entered and Trump saying he would come in on Thursday, the prosecution had moved from indictment to a controlled court process with deadlines, restrictions and a surrender still to come. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/79dbb26a14b5a4ccfc1472d6d3eacd2b?utm_source=openai))

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