Black Voices for Trump director Harrison Floyd DENIED bail, will remain in Fulton County Jail

Harrison Floyd, the Director of Black Voices for Trump, was arrested at Fulton County Jail and is still in custody without bond in connection with the Georgia election case.  

Black Voices for Trump is a coalition organization for black Americans that was started to support former President Donald Trump in his 2020 reelection effort. Floyd, the organization's Director, was denied bond in Fulton County during his court hearing.  

Judge Emily Richardson denied the bond request after reiterating that Floyd would not qualify for having a public defending lawyer.  

"I do find that based on the open charge against you there are grounds for bond to be denied at this point,” Richardson said. “So, I’m going to go ahead and find that you are at risk to commit additional felonies and a potential risk to flee the jurisdiction.” 

Floyd has an open charge of allegedly assaulting an FBI agent and striking him "chest to chest" after they issued him a subpoena regarding his involvement in legal cases surrounding Trump. He has no other criminal record. 

According to reports, Floyd yelled, "You haven’t shown me a badge or nothing. I have a f*cking daughter. Who the f*ck do you think you are?" after the agents showed up at his Maryland home in February.  

Floyd is also being denied the use of a public defender as ruled by the public defender's office in Georgia. 

Floyd, speaking to Richardson, said he cannot afford a lawyer himself, "The cost is typically between $40k to $100k just to obtain a lawyer for these charges. Then they charge hourly." 

"I cannot afford that," Floyd said about hiring his own lawyer. "I cannot put my family in that kind of debt." 

In the Georgia indictment, Floyd has been accused along with Stephen Lee of communicating with Ruby Freeman, a 2020 election worker in Georgia, about alleged "false statement and writings." Floyd was allegedly solicited by Lee to talk to Freeman because she would not talk to Lee as he was a "white man." 

In reporting done by Reuters, Floyd said he had thought that the meeting set up with Freeman was supposed to help her gain immunity in a voting fraud case against her that ended up being dropped later. Having previously worked for the Trump campaign in 2020, by the time the meeting occurred he told Reuter he had left his position.  

The Georgia indictment alleges that Floyd "knowingly and unlawfully engaged in misleading conduct toward Ruby Freeman, Fulton County, Georgia, election worker, by stating that she needed protection and by purporting to offer her help."