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.

  • athos77
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    69 months ago

    Except when you give 10% to the bail bondsman, you don’t get that money back.

      • ripcord
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        19 months ago

        This might actually be the real answer? A smart accountant may have recommended this assuming the trial would drag on for years?

    • @null
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      29 months ago

      That’s the point – 10% as opposed to 100%

        • @null
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          19 months ago

          Right, ignore me.

          Though I suspect that if you can leverage that debt, you can still come out ahead.

            • @null
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              19 months ago

              So he doesn’t owe the remaining 90% to anyone?

    • xuxebiko
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      19 months ago

      it was probably money suckered from some of his followers