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Father, a check for himself, $135,000 to himself. not a dime goes to this family back here. >> reporter: the satterfield family is in that courtroom right now, their attorney saying they had the opportunity or the choice, they would have no bond set at this point. but murdaugh's attorneys say he is not a flight risk. he has been in a drug rehabilitation center in florida and was arrested there and brought back up here. they claim he has come each time willingly. they are asking for him to be able to continue that treatment. we should be hearing shortly whether or not a bond amount will be set....

Was requesting. the defense got a huge victory in that he could guarantee he will pay the $20,000 bond if he takes off and flees. he didn't have to pay anything. huge victory. where it goes from here, this is just the beginning. every time the state adds additional charges which they will, at a minimum, stealing from his own law firm, wins you have those charges, he will be brought back in front of the court and now he's more a risk of flight. you're facing additional time. you have more of a reason to take off and the bond amount will go up. >> neil: the death to the housekeeper serves me rig...

Important. these charges are very serious. i will say the bond amount is higher than i've ever heard in my career. $250 million is the biggest bond i've ever heard of. i don't know if it is the absolute record but it's pretty high. >> but like everything in the life of the super rich, it is leveraged. he really only had to put up $5 million in cash against the $250 million. but if he doesn't show up in court, that is when he owes the government $250 million. that's the theory as you know. but obviously they seem to have enough control over his movements that they believe that they're going to ...

Strong. relatively straightforward. it's a statute that's not used very often. it's related to the foreign agents registration act, by that's not exactly this act. it's a statute that requires people who were acting as agents of foreign governments to register with the attorney general. it is not used all that often, it carries up to ten years in federal prison. and it's a very, very serious charge. because the united states needs to know who is lobbying our government. and so it is obviously very, very important. these charges are serious. i will say that the bond amount is higher than i have...

Have partial security but the bond amount, you're right, is owed in entirety if the person doesn't show up to court. a lot of times judges add additional conditions like here. the ankle bracelet is a classic one. the passport is an obvious one. so it is not unreasonable. this is something that was thought about long and hard and the judge really is required to issue an order like this if he or she finds that it will reasonably assure the defendant's return to court which i think this will given all the conditions. >> whenever we're talking about a friend of donald trump whose charges actually ...