A Georgia judge will consider Tuesday afternoon whether one of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the sprawling election subversion racketeering case should be jailed over recent social media posts and other statements targeting witnesses.
Fulton County prosecutors have asked Judge Scott McAfee to revoke the bond for Harrison Floyd, arguing that he’s violated the terms of the agreement meant to keep him out of jail because of his alleged “effort to intimidate codefendants and witnesses.”
Should McAfee grant the request, Floyd would be the first defendant to be jailed for their actions related to the case – a move that will send a strong message to the other defendants that prosecutors are closely watching their public maneuverings as the criminal case unfolds.
But it wouldn’t be the first time Floyd, who has pleaded not guilty to three state felonies, has been behind bars after being indicted earlier this year. The only defendant to have spent time in jail in connection with the case, Floyd was incarcerated at the Fulton County Jail for one week in August before reaching a bond deal with prosecutors.
The felonies Floyd faces in the case are largely tied to his role in an intimidation campaign targeting two Atlanta election workers in late 2020. Trump and his allies falsely accused the workers of massive voter fraud.
The leader of Black Voices for Trump, Floyd was separately charged in May with simple assault of a federal officer who was delivering a subpoena to him to testify before a grand jury in Washington, DC. He has not entered a plea in that case.
Floyd’s attorneys on Monday pushed back hard against prosecutors’ bid to jail him, telling McAfee that they were doing so out of retaliation after he rejected a plea deal offer. They also draw comparisons to Trump’s public comments about the case, suggesting that prosecutors’…
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