Donald Trump‘s co-defendant and ‘Black Voices for Trump’ leader Harrison Floyd, who was denied bond upon surrendering to authorities at Georgia’s Fulton County Jail, now says on top of being stuck in the Atlanta jail, he also can’t afford to pay for a private attorney.
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Last week, we shared that out of 19 people arrested for trying to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, Harrison Floyd is the only defendant who is still stuck in jail after having his bond denied. Last Thursday (August 24), Floyd surrendered at the Fulton County Jail and because he did not have a bond agreement in place prior to his arrest, he remains in the slammer.
Additionally, it was reported that Floyd’s charges were the most violent in comparison to his co-defendants. Earlier this year in Maryland, Floyd was charged for attacking an FBI agent who attempted to serve him with a grand jury subpoena in former President Trump’s federal election interference case in Washington, D.C.
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Subsequently, he’s been denied bond for now, and during a hearing on Friday (August 25), Judge Emily Richardson told Floyd, a former Marine and martial arts instructor, that she sees him as a flight risk, able to commit more felonies. So, she has ordered Floyd to wait to see Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee before bond can be considered.
Floyd denied that he would run, noting that he voluntarily turned himself in. He said, “I’m already on federal pre-trial supervision. I’ve had no issue with being on pre-trial supervision, there is no way I’m a flight risk, I showed up here before the president was here.”
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In addition to begging for bond, Floyd, who appeared in court via teleconference form the FulCo jail, said he also did not have any legal representation because he was denied a public defender. He added that he could not afford the massive fees required to hire a private attorney for such a complex and high-profile racketeering case. On Monday (August 28), Judge McAfee agreed to appoint a public defender to represent Floyd for the time being.
Judge McAfee, who has been assigned to try the Georgia election interference case, has also set a hearing for Thursday (August 31) to determine Floyd’s bond on his five felony count involving the alleged harassment of county elections worker Ruby Freeman. The ‘Black Voices for Trump’ leader is accused of working alongside co-defendants Stephen Lee and Trevian Kutti in trying to pressure Freeman to “reveal information under the threat of incarceration if she did not comply.”
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