Fulton County prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to jail Harrison Floyd, a co-defendant in Donald Trump‘s 2020 election subversion case in Georgia, over alleged attempts to intimidate witnesses, according to a court filing.
“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,” prosecutors wrote in the court filing. Floyd was previously incarcerated for one week in August before reaching a bond deal with prosecutors.
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Willis said Floyd “engaged in numerous intentional and flagrant violations” of his bond agreement, pointing to a comment he made on a conservative podcast and social media posts that tag Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who was urged by Trump to “find” votes after he lost the 2020 election, and others.
The filing marks the first time District Attorney Fani Willis has sought to revoke bond for someone in the case.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee will now have to determine if Floyd, the leader of Black Voices for Trump, will have to face additional jail time if his bond is revoked. The co-defendant has pleaded not guilty to three felonies that allege he played a role in intimidating two Atlanta election workers in late 2020 as part of a conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s election results.
Christopher I. Kachouroff, one of Floyd’s attorneys, defended his client in a statement to the Washington Examiner, accusing Willis of wanting “to telegraph a message to him.”
“I think part of the reason why she’s doing it is guess what? She has two fundraisers tonight in Washington, D.C.,” Kachouroff said. At least one fundraiser is hosted by A. Scott Bolden, an attorney and the former chairman of the Washington, D.C., Democratic Party, according to at least two media outlets that obtained an invitation.
Floyd, who is based in Maryland, is also facing a misdemeanor simple assault charge tied to an alleged assault on an FBI agent who was delivering a subpoena to his home.
The request by Willis’s team comes as they’re also seeking a protective order over discovery materials in the case after proffer videos from four co-defendants who have obtained plea deals were leaked to the media.
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Prosecutors initially blamed the release of the footage on Floyd, according to Willis’s motion one day before. Kachouroff told the court on Wednesday his team made a typing error after one of his attorneys mistakenly said he leaked the proffer footage.
The source of the leaked footage actually came from Jonathan Miller, he admitted during a hearing over the protective order on Wednesday.
