Donald Trump reportedly used a bail bondsman after being arrested at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, paying $20,000 of his bond set at $200,000 and taking out a loan for the rest of it. The fact that the former president resorted to such a measure has sparked questions on social media about the state of his finances.

  • chaogomu
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    822 years ago

    A bail bondsman has more legal options for going after someone than any other type of loan officer, including the use of bounty hunters.

        • @[email protected]
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          422 years ago

          4 times indicted former US president**.

          **This has only ever been known to happen once in the history of the country

      • @[email protected]
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        352 years ago

        Sounds like a movie, but I wouldn’t want to be the bounty hunter tasked with going up against the Secret Service! Though this does raise questions about the Secrets Service’s responsibility to protect against legally sanctioned law enforcement (of sorts).

        • @[email protected]
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          112 years ago

          As long as the SS keeps him alive, they are doing their job. Unfortunately, I suspect that the dudes that are surrounding Trump might take that to the extreme.

        • takeda
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          32 years ago

          Wanna bet the bondsman is his supporter and won’t even mind losing the money? It is a goddamn cult.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 years ago

      Sure, but this is a pretty unprecedented situation… I doubt there are many bounty hunters who know how to deal with a secret service detail, for instance