Harrison Floyd, one of the 18 co-defendants to former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election, became the final defendant to be given bond in Fulton County on Tuesday amid speculation about why he was still being detained, jail records show.
A judge agreed to a $100,000 bond agreement for Mr. Floyd, five days after he was detained at the Fulton County Jail. According to Fulton County Jail records, he was released on Wednesday, although details were not clear.
“Fulton County fumbled the cover-up,” he said when asked about why he was charged, adding that “I am aware of what transpired, and they’re trying to put pressure on me and others to make sure that the truth doesn’t come out.” He didn’t elaborate.
Mr. Floyd has been described as the leader or one of the leaders of the Black Voices for Trump election group, accused of trying to pressure a Fulton County election worker who was suspected by some of voter fraud during the 2020 contest. Prosecutors claim that Mr. Floyd and other individuals attempted to convince the worker, Ruby Freeman, of making false statements about the election.
Prosecutors charged him this month with racketeering, conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements, and influencing witnesses. He surrendered last week to the Fulton County Jail without bail negotiation, according to reports. His 18 co-defendants—including President Trump, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows—had negotiated their bail.
“She was just letting him rot in there,” he claimed to the paper. “I told Harrison ‘this is ridiculous. She should have jumped in there and done the right thing.’”
But a spokesperson for Ms. Willis, Jim DiSantis, denied Mr. Kachouroff’s claims to the paper. “Mr. Floyd has had the opportunity to work out a consent bond in the same manner as the other defendants named in the indictment, but chose not to do so until today,” he said.
Meanwhile, Ms. Willis’s office said that a representative was sent to meet with Mr. Floyd while he was in jail and was offered a consent bond. However, according to her office, he denied it.
“He said he didn’t want to talk to anyone without a lawyer, so they ended the conversation and walked out of the jail. So, your client’s going be sitting in jail with no bond,” Ms. Willis stated in a recording that was given to the AJC.
After Mr. Floyd was denied bond by Fulton Superior Court Judge Emily Richardson, she cited a federal charge against the defendant earlier this year in which he allegedly assaulted an FBI agent in connection to another case. The agent, according to reports, had tried to serve him with a subpoena relating to the Department of Justice’s investigation into President Trump. Reports indicated that Ms. Richardson claimed he was a flight risk.
“I got on a plane, I voluntarily came here, I am already here on federal pretrial supervision,” Mr. Floyd said on Friday’s hearing, according to 11Alive and the AJC. “I had no issues on being on pretrial supervision, there is no way I’m a flight risk, I showed up here before the president was here.”
Former Trump campaign attorney Ray Smith and an associated lawyer, Sidney Powell, were charged in the alleged scheme to pressure Ms. Freeman. Former Kanye West publicist Trevian Kutti was also charged in the case last week. They have all pleaded not guilty.
“The state maintains its position that severance is improper at this juncture and that all defendants should be tried together, but at an absolute minimum, the court should set defendant Powell’s trial and that of any other defendant who may file a speedy trial demand on the same date [another co-defendant, Kenneth Chesebro],” the motion signed by her office stated.
The Fulton County Jail has been known to be notoriously unsafe. Six people died at the facility last year, while one inmate died after being found unconscious in his cell, covered in bedbugs.
