Something about Utah properties....there could be more stuff to dig deeper into

What is it about these two CEOs and Utah properties?

Somebody else needs to dig deeper into all this WEALTH

Ex-Wife’s Property, Utah Ranch: How Wealthy Secure High Bails

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Breanna Bradham

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Devon Pendleton

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Claire Ballentine

‎August‎ ‎1‎, ‎2021‎ ‎6‎:‎00

• Pair of nine-figure bails shows how wealthy stay out of prison
• Pretrial releases show justice system disparity, experts say

Tom Barrack

Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

In less than a week, Trump ally Tom Barrack was freed for $250 million and Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton was released for $100 million -- two of the highest U.S. bail amounts in recent years.

The bail amounts highlight a little understood part of the criminal justice system, where deals are often made behind closed doors, and what critics say is a system that traps the poor. . .

Nikola Founder Pleads Not Guilty, Freed on $100 Million Bail

Trevor Milton, center, exits federal court in New York on July 29. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg

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Chris Dolmetsch

‎July‎ ‎29‎, ‎2021‎ ‎10‎:‎59 Updated on ‎July‎ ‎29‎, ‎2021‎ ‎11‎:‎16

Nikola Corp. founder and former chairman Trevor Milton was freed by a judge on $100 million bond, after pleading not guilty to charges that he misled investors about the status of the electric-vehicle maker.

The bail was secured by two properties that Milton owns in Utah, one of which is worth $36 million and the other $4 million, lawyers said at the hearing Thursday in Manhattan federal court. Under terms of his release, which will happen today, he is limited in his movements and barred from contacting investors, other than ones with whom he has a personal relationship. . .