Donald Trump’s attorneys have signed an order setting his bond on racketeering charges in Georgia at $200,000 and binding Trump to a set of rules that explicitly limit his ability to use social media to attack witnesses or co-defendants in the case.
The three-page order, signed by Georgia Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, sets the conditions of Trump’s pretrial release in the case, which stems from his effort to subvert the 2020 election.
Similar orders were issued earlier Monday to three of Trump’s co-defendants, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro and Scott Hall. But Trump’s included a more explicit order on witness intimidation, explicitly referencing the former president’s ability to use his social media platform to level attacks related to the case.
“The Defendant shall perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice,” according to the order, which is also signed by Trump’s attorneys Drew Findling, Marissa Goldberg and Jennifer Little.
That restriction also includes a prohibition on any “direct or indirect threat of any nature against the community or to any property in the community.”
“The above shall include, but are not limited to, posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media,” the order reads.
Trump has spent months assailing prosecutors in the case, though the order does not explicitly reference his commentary on District Attorney Fani Willis or her team. But Trump has also commented on witnesses likely to be called or discussed in the matter, including Ruby Freeman, a Georgia election worker who became the subject of baseless conspiracy theories amplified by Trump and his allies about manipulation of votes in Georgia.
While Trump’s bond was set at $200,000 — including $80,000 for the racketeering charges and $10,000 apiece for each of the other counts he faces — Eastman’s was set at $100,000 and Hall’s was set at $10,000.
When Trump was arraigned on related federal charges in Washington, D.C., he was also ordered by the court to refrain from attacking or intimidating witnesses or others involved in the court case. He has nevertheless used his Truth Social platform to attack the judge in the case and slam Mike Pence, his former vice president, who is a likely star witness, as well as a rival for the 2024 GOP nomination.
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan has warned him to avoid further inflammatory statements in the matter.
