High-profile defendants in Georgia election case use a common service: a bail bondsman
Former President Trump also used a bail bonds service. When Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows surrendered on state charges in the Georgia election interference case, they used a service that common criminal defendants use: a bail bondsman. The president of the company that put up their bonds in Fulton County, Georgia, said hiring a bondsman is "a piece of the puzzle." "It's no different than paying a lawyer," Daniel Matalon president of A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds told ABC News in an interview. Matalon said he personally dealt with Giuliani's bond as well as those for David Shafer and Cathy Latham, two other co-defendants in the Georgia case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Former President Donald Trump and the 18 other defendants are charged by Willis for their alleged illegal efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Trump has denied wrongdoing. A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds also put up the bond for former T...