# What happens if Trump is indicted in Georgia? (Indicted on August 14, 2023) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 17, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928 "2023-02-17T03:14:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 54
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1061 "2023-08-25T02:29:17Z")
My first thought was Tommy Tutone’s 867-5309. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1062 "2023-08-25T02:34:08Z")
Mine too. Donnie Donnie who will you turn to? You just got something you can hold on to We know you think you can make it all go away But you got assigned your inmate number today Donnie, you’ve got your number The P and the zero don’t fit Donnie, can’t change your number One one three five eight oh nine One one three five eight oh nine One one three five eight oh nine One one three five eight oh nine. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1063 "2023-08-25T02:44:47Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > No way, no how he is 215. Holy shit! I’m 6’3" and at my heaviest I was 195 lbs. I was still fit, but had about 10 extra lbs. No way Trump is only 20 lbs more than I was then. Absofuckinglutely not! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1064 "2023-08-25T02:54:47Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > the judge rules chesebro to stand trial in october. that may sever him out of the rest of the clump. (msnbc report) > > more motions to follow. I bet we see a lot more motions to follow. If I were one of these lesser defendants I’d be pissed at Trump. First, I’m pretty sure that the only reason a lot of these people joined the conspiracy was that they were assured that Trump would pardon them on the way out the door. Remember when Rudy tried to give Trump a pardon list? But he didn’t, and now that the consequences are coming due, he won’t even pay for anyone else’s legal defense. Not only that, but they’ll be paying lawyers while Trump introduces frivolous delays and plays political theatre and tries to assert non- serious defenses like “I’ll prove that I really won”. Or Trump will try to use the Supremacy clause to say “I was President I could do anything I wanted”, a defense that throws most of the other co-conspirators under the bus. And when Trump bloviates about how these indictments are the best thing that could happen to his campaign, it shows a complete unawareness of the real and serious trouble the people he talked into helping him are facing. I bet they’re pissed off even if they won’t admit it. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1065 "2023-08-25T02:56:06Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > 215 lbs?! “I just need you to find me seventy pounds…” ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1066 "2023-08-25T02:59:14Z")
“_Hide me_ seventy pounds, surely? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1067 "2023-08-25T03:01:27Z")
Sorry, wrong thread ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1068 "2023-08-25T03:03:31Z")
Moderating: Ok. We’ve had our fun with Trump’s mug shot and weight over many, many posts. There is a thread dedicated to discussions of Trump’s weight. > [@Guess Trump's weight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-trumps-weight/989013): > > Trump will be weighed during his GA arrest, and in my understanding his weight will be on the public arrest report. What do you think his weight will be in lbs? My guess - 287 lbs. Time to drop it here. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1069 "2023-08-25T03:41:49Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > His face is alarmingly asymmetrical. The right side appears sunken–caved in. > > Melania has a good right roundhouse. Wouldn’t that be a _left_ roundhouse? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1070 "2023-08-25T03:49:57Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I bet we see a lot more motions to follow. > > If I were one of these lesser defendants I’d be pissed at Trump. I won’t take that bet, because I think you’re right. We’ll see more motions to sever in the not-too-distant future. Especially if I was one of the lesser defendants, I would want to have my matter handled fairly, justly, and efficiently, without the baggage of co-defendant Trump bloviating about the case at rallies and campaign stops, introducing delaying tactics (e.g. filing frivolous motions that he knows will be denied anyway), and insulting the Prosecution and the Court on Truth Social. The farther I could get away from Trump and his legal team, then I think the more fair and just the verdict in my matter would be. So yes. We’ll see more motions to sever. I would be surprised if we didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1071 "2023-08-25T04:46:13Z")
NM Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1072 "2023-08-25T05:35:15Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > . . . most jurisdictions do not accept credit cards or checks drawn from personal or business accounts. Cash means actual money. A cashier’s check should be acceptable. It’s a check written against the bank and not your personal account. I don’t think anyone wants people showing up with a suitcase of cash. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I believe a bail bondsman charges quite the fee. It’s essentially a short term loan with a hefty interest rate. I had always heard it was 10%, but @PhillyGuy’s link says 12-15%. Who knows in this case though. A true believer might give him a discount in exchange for the publicity. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1073 "2023-08-25T06:45:52Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > FWIW, on CNN just now, they noted that Trump has elected the option of putting 10% of the bond down. He’s dealing through a bail bondsman. That doesn’t sound like something that a billionaire to whom $20K is chump change would do. The name of the bail bondsman is being prominently mentioned in a lot of news sources. I suspect that Trump could have posted the entire bond himself, but the bondsman probably paid _him_ a tidy sum for the privilege of his widely reported custom. You could hardly ask for better publicity for your services. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1074 "2023-08-25T06:53:31Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > but the bondsman probably paid _him_ a tidy sum for the privilege of his widely reported custom With tears in his eyes, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1075 "2023-08-25T09:23:04Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > You could hardly ask for better publicity for your services. Do bail bondsmen need to publicize? Why would a typical crook want to use the “prestigious” bondsman that Trump used? And I’m guessing that a white collar crook who needs bail probably already has a sleazy lawyer with experience in the local jail system, who “knows a guy” in the bond business. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1076 "2023-08-25T09:29:12Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Why would a typical crook want to use the “prestigious” bondsman that Trump used? The bondsman doesn’t need to be prestigious; he just needs to be memorable. If you’ve been arrested and suddenly need to give thousands of dollars to a complete stranger to secure your release, you might be more inclined to give it to someone you’ve at least heard about. Anyway, that’s for the general case. Certainly “typical crooks” come in all sorts of political stripes, and those that are Trump voters might actually prefer to use Trump’s bail bondsman. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1077 "2023-08-25T09:40:28Z")
Not sure if this has been brought up before, but if convicted in Georgia, could Trump keep his travels to states that refuse to extradite him back to Georgia? ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1078 "2023-08-25T09:56:26Z")
Which states would those be? Don’t all states within the US extradite to all other states within the US? ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1079 "2023-08-25T11:41:58Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Don’t all states within the US extradite to all other states within the US? Normally, yes. But there may be one critical exception: [DeSantis says Florida wouldn’t aid Trump’s extradition to New York [3/30/2023]](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/us/politics/trump-extradition-desantis-florida.html) I recall, however, subsequent news stories suggesting it is unlikely Florida law endorsement would really refuse to honor an extradition request. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1080 "2023-08-25T12:14:40Z")
See the wiki article: > **[Puerto Rico v. Branstad](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_v._Branstad)** > > Puerto Rico v. Branstad, 483 U.S. 219 (1987), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that ruled unanimously that federal courts have the power to enforce extraditions based on the Extradition Clause of Article Four of the United States Constitution. The decision overruled a 1861 decision in Kentucky v. Dennison, which had made federal courts powerless to order governors of other U.S. states to fulfill their obligations in the Extradition Clause. > The Extradition Clause, in A... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928.md?page=55)