The Georgia prosecutor in charge of the case against former President Donald Trump and others has requested that the bond of defendant Harrison Floyd be revoked. The prosecutor claims that Floyd has been intimidating witnesses and codefendants involved in the case.
Floyd, along with Trump and 17 others, was indicted in August by a Fulton County grand jury for their alleged involvement in a scheme to illegally overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. While four defendants have pleaded guilty and reached deals with prosecutors, the remaining defendants, including Floyd, have pleaded not guilty.
The charges against Floyd stem from allegations that he harassed Ruby Freeman, a Fulton County election worker who was falsely accused of election fraud by Trump and his supporters. According to the indictment, Floyd participated in a conversation on January 4, 2021, where Freeman was pressured to make false statements about election fraud and was told she needed protection.
In a motion to revoke Floyd’s bond, prosecutors claimed that he had been using X, formerly known as Twitter, to intimidate witnesses and codefendants, communicate with them indirectly, and obstruct justice. Prosecutors argued that his actions were intentional and flagrant violations of his bond conditions.
Chris Kachouroff, Floyd’s attorney, dismissed the prosecutor’s attempt to revoke his client’s bond as nonsense. He also stated that he plans to file a motion to disqualify the prosecutor from the case due to personal animus against his client.
Floyd was the only one of the 19 defendants to spend time in jail at the Fulton County Jail in August. While the other defendants’ lawyers negotiated bond agreements before their surrender, Floyd showed up on August 24 without a lawyer or bond agreement. He was released on August 30 after his lawyer negotiated a $100,000 bond.
As part of his release conditions, Floyd was prohibited from communicating directly or indirectly about the case with his codefendants or known witnesses. However, prosecutors alleged that he repeatedly attacked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his top aide, Gabriel Sterling, who are potential witnesses in the case. They cited social media posts where Floyd implied that the two men had interfered in elections and lied to prosecutors.
Prosecutors also pointed to a podcast interview in which Floyd discussed the case and indirectly communicated with codefendant Jenna Ellis by discussing her guilty plea. Furthermore, they highlighted Floyd’s recent posts about Freeman, which they argued were attempts to intimidate her and indirectly communicate about the case.
Freeman and her daughter were subjected to harassment by Trump supporters after surveillance video footage from a meeting of Georgia state lawmakers was aired, falsely suggesting election fraud. The indictment alleges that Floyd and others tried to influence Freeman’s testimony and get her to lie about what happened at State Farm Arena where votes were being counted.
In addition to the charges in Georgia, Floyd also faces federal charges for aggressively confronting two FBI agents who were attempting to serve him with a grand jury subpoena.
