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TexasTowelie

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Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:40 PM Jan 2018

Adam Kokesh, a little-known presidential candidate, is finally out of a Texas jail

Libertarian presidential candidate Adam Kokesh has finally left the Wise County Jail.

Kokesh’s campaign team posted on Facebook Thursday afternoon that he had been released after posting a bail bond.

Arrested and jailed last week on drug charges, Kokesh had been refusing to post bail after a district judge dropped it from $76,500 to $21,500.

His campaign strategist, Ben Farmer, said Kokesh found a note in his cell that said “Get out, you’re in danger,” so they decided it was time for his 9-day jail stay to end.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/article196616409.html

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