Judge cuts bond by nearly $1.9 million for man accused of car crash that injured Sen. Manchin’s wife
Associated PressBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama judge cut bond by nearly $1.9 million on Tuesday for a man accused of fleeing from police during a car chase and causing a crash last January that injured Gayle Manchin, the wife of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, and a work colleague. District Judge William Bell cut Boykins’ bond — originally set at more than $2 million — to a total of $135,000, al.com reported. Boykins’ attorneys — Juandalynn Givan and Reginald McDaniel — sought the reduction, telling the judge at a hearing Tuesday that the previous bond amounts were excessive and only set that high because Manchin is the wife of West Virginia’s Democratic U.S. senator. Gayle Manchin was sworn in as the Appalachian Regional Commission’s 13th federal co-chair in 2021 after being nominated by President Joe Biden.
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