Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) wants to revoke the bond of one defendant in the Georgia election racketeering (RICO) case. Willis is requesting Harrison Floyd's detention pending trial for allegedly trying to intimidate potential witnesses in the case.
Willis accused Floyd of posting messages targeting potential witnesses, including Ruby Freeman, and commenting on a podcast about co-defendant Jenna Ellis. According to Willis, Floyd's comments amount to “intimidation.”
In a motion submitted to the court, Willis declared that Floyd's behavior violates his bond agreement, which he signed as a condition of his release.
“Since his release from custody, the Defendant has engaged in numerous intentional and flagrant violations of the conditions of release ordered by the Court,” the motion states. According to The Hill, Floyd posted several social media posts related to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Gabe Sterling, chief operating officer in Raffensperger's office.
A leading member of Black Voices for Trump, Floyd was charged by the Fulton County DA's office with attempting to persuade Freeman, a Fulton County election worker, to make false statements about voting operations in the 2020 presidential election.
Floyd was the only one of 19 defendants who remained in Fulton County Jail after being booked this summer. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Emily Richardson deemed Floyd a flight risk and more likely to commit additional felonies if released on bail. He was the only defendant not to have negotiated the terms of his bond prior. A former Marine and MMA fighter, he was separately charged by the government with assaulting a federal officer who served a grand jury subpoena.
As Law&Crime reports:
Five days after his surrender, Floyd was finally released on a $100,000 bond, a bond DA Willis sought to revoke on Wednesday.
“Since November 1, 2023, the Defendant has publicly tweeted multiple times from the Twitter account @hw_floyd in an effort to intimidate codefendants and witnesses, to communicate directly and indirectly with codefendants and witnesses, and to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice,” Willis said. “The Defendant's Twitter account has approximately 25,000 followers who can view his public tweets.”
The filing included screenshots of Floyd's posts on X tagging witnesses Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), the office's COO Gabriel Sterling (R), admitted felon Jenna Ellis, and Ruby Freeman, a 2020 Georgia election worker baselessly accused by Trump and top allies like Rudy Giuliani of fraud.
In one X post tagging Raffensperger's official government account, Floyd said the Republican official “needs to call his lawyer” because “He's about to go through some things!” In another, Floyd accused Trump attorney Jenna Ellis of lying in her leaked proffer interview. “I guess they don't teach ethics at Harvard Law anymore,” Floyd wrote.
The defendant then posted about Freeman, “Like I said from the start, Ruby Freeman was TERRIFIED & wouldn't talk to anyone WHITE!” He continued, “This is a COVER UP,” before calling Fulton County “CORRUPT.”
Freeman and a colleague previously won a case against Trump's former attorney, Rudy Giuliani. In a summary judgment, a federal judge found Giuliani guilty of defaming Freeman and a colleague and ordered him to pay damages.
Law&Crime continues:
“[W]itness Ruby Freeman has been a frequent target of the Defendant's intimidating communications. In Count 31 of the indictment, the Defendant is charged with Influencing Witnesses in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-10- 93(b)(1)(A) involving witness Ruby Freeman herself. Because of and in response to the Defendant's intimidating communications, witness Ruby Freeman has been the subject of renewed threats of violence from third parties,” Willis responded.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee set a bond revocation hearing for Tuesday afternoon.
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