Harrison Floyd was denied bond on Friday. A judge said he was a potential flight risk.
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Floyd, who’s charged with racketeering, conspiracy and influencing a witness, turned himself in Thursday afternoon, ahead of Trump’s 20-minute appearance at the jail that evening. Prosecutors allege that Floyd, the former leader of Black Voices for Trump and the only Black man among the defendants, was part of a scheme to pressure election worker Ruby Freeman into making false statements. Freeman had been falsely accused by Trump and his allies of election fraud.
He added that’d he’d requested a public defender and was denied one. The judge told him he did not qualify for one.
This seems wrong. Why wouldn’t he be “qualified”? It’s there an income limit? Seems that anyone should be allowed the option to not go into debt defending themselves.
One qualifies for a public defender only if they cannot afford their own attorney. Those with the means to afford their own attorney are usually, like in this case, denied a public defender.
He actually compllained that flying in a defender would cost him 40 to 100k. As if there were no lawyers in Georgia.
i guess he thinks he’s special
I’m not sure he is thinking at all. I mean, absense of rationale thinking got him in this mess in the first place, didn’t it?
i think you’re right… he’s just caught up in thinking he’s an important little badass for 5 minutes or something… rebel with no brains…
He’s about to find out what the justice system means for black guys. The only defendant denied bail? Ha yeah, dudes fucked.
The judge just feels like he’s lying. They should be having an evidentiary hearing to determine if he does have the means or not. You usually have to fill out a financial form for the court.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
ATLANTA — Only one of former President Donald Trump’s 18 co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case has been jailed as a result of the charges.
On Friday, defendant Harrison Floyd was informed during his initial court appearance that he’d be spending more time at the Fulton County Jail since he was considered a potential flight risk.
Floyd, who’s charged with racketeering, conspiracy and influencing a witness, turned himself in Thursday afternoon, ahead of Trump’s 20-minute appearance at the jail that evening.
Richardson said one of the reasons she was denying him bond on Friday was a pending case for allegedly assaulting a federal officer earlier this year.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had set a deadline of noon Friday for all of the defendants to surrender.
The last of the defendants to turn himself in was Stephen Lee, an Illinois-based pastor who allegedly enlisted Floyd to help pressure Freeman.
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The delusion of some people. Welcome to the US justice system.
is this Thierry Henry?
