Harrison Floyd, only Trump defendant not out on bail, granted bond in Georgia election case
Harrison Floyd, the only co-defendant in the Georgia election case who was not released after surrendering, has negotiated his bail and has been released on bond, according to court records.
A judge signed off on a $100,000 bond agreement for Floyd on Tuesday, five days after he was detained at the Fulton County Jail. Floyd was released a few hours after he reached a bail agreement Wednesday morning.
A leader of Black Voices for Trump, Floyd is accused of trying to convince Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman to make false statements about election operations on Election Day 2020, under the guise of offering her help.
Floyd’s bond amount is $25,000 more than defendants Trevian Kutti and Stephen Lee, who were charged similarly for their efforts to influence Freeman.
He is charged with racketeering, conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements and writings and influencing witnesses.
Floyd surrendered at the jail last week without negotiating his bail in advance, as his 18 co-defendants did.
He has been detained at the facility ever since, and a judge denied bail for Floyd at a Friday hearing, deeming him a potential flight risk. Floyd was arrested earlier this year for allegedly assaulting an FBI agent serving him a grand jury subpoena.
The Black Voices for Trump leader was charged earlier this year with assaulting an FBI agent. According to federal investigators for the case, Floyd yelled profanities and attacked an agentwho served him a subpoena as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s election fraud investigation.
At a bond hearing Friday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Emily Richardson denied Floyd bail, pointing to that open case as a reason to remand him to jail.
Floyd’s arraignment is set for Sept. 6, where he will formally hear the charges he faces and enter a plea. It is scheduled to take place just before noon, about half-way through all 19 defendants in the case who are also expected to be arraigned that day.
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