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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.

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[-] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 84 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The bail bondsman who gave him that loan is the biggest sucker in the whole MAGA kingdom. That $180,000 will never be seen again.

Edit: Nevermind, I didn’t understand how bail works.

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 80 points 1 year 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.

[-] nul9o9@lemmy.world 109 points 1 year ago

Imagine working as a bounty hunter going after a US President.

[-] CompostMaterial@lemmy.world 89 points 1 year ago
[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

4 times indicted former US president**.

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

[-] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 35 points 1 year ago

Don't forget twice impeached, zero-time winner of the popular vote

[-] CylonBunny@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year 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).

[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year 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@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] agentsquirrel@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

That is undoubtedly a great bounty hunter resume stuffer.

[-] MetalJewSolid@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

"- provided white-glove support for Donald Trump's capture"

[-] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

There's an episode of Dog I'd watch.

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I mean first off you're going to have to fight the secret service right?

[-] Zippy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

One with secret service.

[-] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year 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

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