DA seeking to revoke co-defendant’s bond
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is asking a judge to revoke the bond agreement for one of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in her election interference case, citing what she says is a “pattern of intimidation” toward codefendants and witnesses.
Willis said Harrison Floyd has “engaged in numerous intentional and flagrant violations” of his bond agreement. She pointed to recent comments Floyd made on conservative podcasts and posts on social media that tag Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, former Fulton County poll worker Ruby Freeman and others.
“The defendant’s actions demonstrate that he poses a significant threat of intimidating witnesses and otherwise obstructing the administration of justice in the future, making him ineligible for bond,” Willis wrote in a court filing on Wednesday. If Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee agrees, Floyd will be forced to return to jail as he awaits trial. It was not clear when McAfee would schedule a hearing on the matter. Floyd’s two attorneys did not immediately respond to phone calls seeking comment.
The former head of Black Voices for Trump, Floyd was indicted for violating Georgia’s antiracketeering law, conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements and writings and influencing witnesses. The charges stem from his interactions with Freeman, who was singled out by Trump, attorney Rudy Giuliani and others for her work counting votes at State Farm Arena.
According to the indictment, the former U.S. Marine allegedly recruited co-defendant Trevian Kutti, a onetime publicist for Kanye West and R. Kelly, to visit Freeman. After Freeman and Kutti began talking at a police station, the latter placed Floyd on speakerphone. Kutti and Floyd spoke to Freeman at length, pressuring her to reveal information about alleged election fraud and warning her she was in danger if she did not comply, according to prosecutors.
Floyd is the sole defendant in the racketeering case to spend time behind bars in the Fulton County jail. He surrendered in August without first hiring an attorney who could work out a prearranged bond on his behalf.
During his five days behind bars, Floyd became a cause celeb in some conservative circles — and a thorn in the side of Willis. His attorney accused the DA of wanting Floyd to “rot” in jail, but Willis’s office released a recorded phone call to The Atlanta JournalConstitution in which the DA explained to Floyd’s previous lawyer that she had sent a representative to meet with Floyd when he turned himself but that he refused it.
Floyd has implied that Willis is singling him out because he’s a Black conservative.
“I went against the code, if you will, at the highest order,” Floyd told former Trump aide Steve Bannon on his podcast “War Room.”
A crowdfunding campaign on the Christian fundraising platform GiveSendGo has raised more than $341,000 for his legal defense.
Since then, Floyd’s attorneys have adopted one of the more unique legal strategies in the case: trying to provethat Trump indeed won the 2020 election in Georgia — or that there was enough ambiguity to justify Floyd’s actions in late 2020.