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Headline Roundup August 26th, 2023

Trump Co-Defendant Harrison Floyd Remains Incarcerated Without Bond

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Of the 19 people who turned themselves in at the Fulton County Jail in connection with the most recent Trump indictment, only one still remains incarcerated.

The Details: Harrison Floyd, the former director of the activist group Black Voices for Trump, is held on racketeering charges related to his alleged efforts to help overturn the 2020 election results. Floyd, who told Fulton County Superior Court Judge Emily Richardson he cannot afford a private attorney, is being held without bond. Richardson deemed him a flight risk and a risk to commit additional felonies.

For Context: In May, Floyd was charged with assault for striking an FBI agent who followed him into his home to serve a subpoena concerning another Fulton County elections matter. Reportedly, agents tried to serve Floyd the subpoena outside, but he refused to take it. HuffPost (Lean Left bias) said Floyd ignored a badge shown by an agent outside the home. Associated Press (Lean Left bias) said Floyd only backed down when one of the agents showed Floyd his gun and badge inside the home, after the altercation. Since the incident, Floyd has surrendered his passport.

Key Quotes: Floyd said, “There is no way I’m a flight risk; I showed up here before the president was here,” noting that he surrendered “voluntarily.” Richardson said a "full consideration of bond" will be handled by Georgia Judge Scott McAfee, who will preside over the case.

How The Media Covered It: Sources on the left went more in-depth on Floyd’s previous charges.

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Trump Co-Defendant Harrison Floyd Denied Bond: Why He’s Still In Jail
Trump Co-Defendant Harrison Floyd Denied Bond: Why He’s Still In Jail

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Harrison Floyd, the lone co-defendant in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Georgia who is still in custody, was denied bond by a state judge on Friday, keeping the Black Voices for Trump leader at the Fulton County Jail despite his pleas for release.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Emily Richardson determined Floyd—one of Trump’s co-defendants in his indictment this month on racketeering charges stemming from his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election—posed a flight risk as well as a risk to commit additional...

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A Trump supporter indicted in Georgia is also charged with assaulting an FBI agent in Maryland
A Trump supporter indicted in Georgia is also charged with assaulting an FBI agent in Maryland

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A Donald Trump supporter who surrendered to Georgia authorities Thursday on charges he conspired with the former president and other allies to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss is also facing federal charges that he assaulted an FBI agent in Maryland.

Harrison William Prescott Floyd turned himself in to the Fulton County jail in Atlanta a week after being indicted in the Georgia case alongside Trump and 17 others.

Court records show Floyd, identified as a former U.S. Marine who’s active with the group Black Voices for Trump, was also arrested three months ago in Maryland on a...

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Harrison Floyd to remain in Fulton County Jail after judge denies to set bond
Harrison Floyd to remain in Fulton County Jail after judge denies to set bond

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Trump co-defendant Harrison Floyd is to remain in Fulton County Jail after Judge Emily Richardson denied to set his bond.

Floyd is one of 19 co-defendants, including former President Donald Trump, in the Georgia racketeering case. Floyd was charged in May with assaulting an FBI agent serving him a subpoena to testify in special counsel Jack Smith's federal investigation about alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Richardson argued that Floyd was at risk of committing additional crimes or fleeing if released.

“There are grounds for bond to be denied at this point,” she said, CNN...

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