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Watch: Trump co-defendant arrest caught on bodycam after physical confrontation with FBI

Footage captured on police bodycam of Harrison Floyd being arrested in February following a physical confrontation with FBI agents attempting to serve him a grand jury subpoena was released publicly following a records request by POLITICO.

The 2020 Trump campaign aide, a co-defendant in Donald Trump's Georgia election subversion case, told local Maryland police officers at his doorstep that he had just dropped off his daughter and that he didn't see any badge flashed.

“If he reached up, I probably could have tried to stop the muzzle, but he would have definitely threw my hand,” Floyd is heard recounting to the Rockville Police officers, who showed up on Feb. 23, 2023, after he placed the 911 call to report armed men entering into his building, according to the footage.

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“But the other one was right next to me. So, if I went for that gun, and he pulled a gun, now I’m fighting two guys with guns, that’s not good. So, I backed up and went away. … I could’ve been killed really f***ing easily, if I wasn’t smart.”

Floyd hasn't been charged in the federal case.

One of the officers can be seen flipping through papers of the subpoena littered by Floyd's front door.

"I don't know what that is," a shirtless Floyd can be heard telling the cops referring to what is believed to be the subpoena. "I'm not touching it and I'm not picking it up."

The text of the letter (signed "Sincerely, JACK SMITH, SPECIAL COUNSEL") demands Floyd supply all contacts with former President Donald Trump, the Trump administration and any attorneys working on Trump’s behalf and requests all documents “relating to any planned or actual contact” with two Georgia election workers who had been blamed for committing voting fraud by Trump's trusted surrogate Rudy Giuliani.

Floyd's attorney, Chris Kachouroff, told POLITICO that the FBI agents didn't flash any credentials so that led Floyd to be concerned.

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Trump is the 'elephant in the room' in co-defendant's bail hearing: legal expert

Trump's sucking up much of the oxygen inside a Georgia courtroom, even when he's not physically there.

Harrison Floyd was seated in a Fulton County courtroom for a hearing to determine if he he violated his bond terms.

He was watching while DA Fani Willis stood at the lectern blaming Floyd, executive director of Black Voices For Trump, for flagrantly ignoring some of the terms of his release.

"What he really did was spit on the report and refused to oblige to three of the seven conditions of his bond order," she said, holding the document up for the judge to see.

Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee was more concerned about interpreting what constituted a violation.

"I think that it also is very much dependent on the specific facts of the tweets and communications at issue here and it can't be so broadly, uh, defined to cover all other co-defendants," he said during the hearing.

When the judge spoke about the language of those terms, Ryan Goodman, an NYU law school professor and former special counsel at the Department of Defense, believes he was actually speaking to the former POTUS.

"I thought the judge's cadence signaled something; he nearly swallows his words — I think that is Trump," Goodman said during an appearance on CNN's "Outfront" with Erin Burnett. "Trump is very present in the room but not mentioned as much, he's the elephant in the room."

Central to the hearing was whether Floyd, one of 19 defendants in the RICO case, harassed witnesses and other people on social media, thus severing the terms of his release pending trial that include not communicating directly or indirectly about the details of the case or with any of the co-defendants or known witnesses.

The judge continued: "So on the issue of modification, I think that's something we can revisit and let time to consider unless there's something um parties would like to address now, uh, and want the court to be able to considers specifically what they would like to see as a modification."

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Goodman suggests the judge is doling Floyd a great deal of grace, and that is essentially thanks to Trump.

"I think that's maybe why the judge was so forgiving on where he draws the line on intimidation, because if he draws the line on this particular defendant than he's drawing the same line against Donald Trump."

"So I do think judges are bending over backwards."

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'Set him up to fail': Legal expert says Fani Willis tricked Trump co-defendant

Harrison Floyd, the former leader of Black Voices for Trump and a co-defendant in the Georgia election racketeering case, was in court today over a violation of bond — and while he escaped pretrial detention for now, that's almost certainly in his future.

At least, that's the view of legal expert Katie Phang, who explained the new developments on Tuesday's edition of MSNBC's "The ReidOut."

"You've been in that courtroom a lot. Please talk to us," said anchor Joy Reid. "First of all, the fact that Fani Willis is there in person making these arguments, and the fact that it seemed that Harrison Floyd did not respect the process. He seemed to pop off and shake his head and not take it seriously. Your thoughts?"

"I'm going to start with your last point first, and the reason why that's good news for D.A. Fani Willis' office is she just set him up to fail today, as did Judge [Scott] McAfee," said Phang.

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"And what do I mean by that?" she continued. "Well, with a tighter, more detailed, more narrow modified bond conditions for Harrison Floyd, when he violates — because we know he will — he shouldn't be reading how to be a Roman Emperor, he should be reading Crime for Dummies, because then he'd figure out how to not get into trouble. But it was a show of force. This was the first time D.A. Fani Willis, since the release of that indictment, has been in court for pretrial hearings. And it makes sense because it put the defense on notice of the kind of prosecutor, trial lawyer, litigator that Fani Willis delivers, the type of work and performance that she does."

"It was straight fire today, and that's what was needed, because this is the first time the D.A.'s office was on the offensive," Phang added. "On prior hearings it's been defense motions to dismiss, but today it was the state's motion to revoke his bond. And Harrison Floyd shows no discipline. He has no discipline. He doesn't listen to his lawyers, he doesn't listen. Sounds just like Donald Trump in my opinion, right? But now we have a much more narrow modified bond order, and it's just going to be violated, and I think very soon."

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Trump allies launch Fani Willis smear campaign despite fellow GOPers' warnings: report

Donald Trump's allies have begun a smear campaign against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis despite dire warnings from fellow Republicans, according to a new report.

Several Georgia conservatives have begun badmouthing Willis, the prosecutor leading the charge against Trump in the state’s election racketeering case, at conservative events raising funds to cover co-defendants’ legal fees, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

At a recent event, David Shafer, a Trump elector and RICO case co-defendant, called the 2020 election a “dumpster fire” and GOP chair Josh McKoon accused Willis of “election interference.”

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“Why did she wait until August?” McKoon reportedly said. “It’s so she can drag this out in the middle of the election … That’s election interference.”

For her part, Willis admits to a sole motivation behind her August indictment.

“This is the law,” Willis said at last week’s Washington Post forum. “And the facts show you violated the law.”

The verbal grenades lobbed Willis’s way come despite warnings from Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and House Speaker Jon Burns, two powerful Republicans in the state.

Kemp said he won’t tolerate Republicans “engaging in political theater that only inflames the emotions of the moment,” according to the report.

And experts say Kemp has a slew of Georgia Republican backers equally fed up with “Trumpian high jinks.”

"They know that if they went after her, there would be national press berating them as being a bunch of far-right nuts,” former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes (D) told the New York Times. “That’s the last thing they want to do.”

The Atlantic Journal-Constitution notes a reason beyond politics why Shafer might consider toning down his rhetoric: a $75,000 bond that bans him from obstructing justice.

Willis has proven more than ready to jump on any violations of this bond, as co-defendant Harrison Floyd found out last week when the Fulton County District Attorney moved to have his bond revoked.

Floyd could return to jail if a judge this week deems his comments about the case violated that bond.

Fani Willis case judge orders Trump codefendant to keep subpoeaned election records secret

Confidential 2020 election records subpoenaed by a co-defendant in Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case cannot be publicly disclosed, a judge ruled Friday.

Fulton County District Court Judge Scott McAfee's order came in response to Harrison Floyd’s request, made at a Nov. 3 hearing, court records show. It means he has access to the records, but they cannot be shared outside of his legal team.

Floyd — the Black Voices for Trump leader accused of harassing a Georgia poll worker in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election — demanded election records that conspiracy theorists believe prove Trump won, according to the records.

His request was countered by a motion from the Georgia Secretary of State to quash the subpoena, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.

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McAfee’s order covers records that cannot be produced without redaction or are broadly exempt from disclosure and states, court records show. Confidential documents would be destroyed or returned after the case closed.

Floyd will appear in court next week after District Attorney Fani Willis filed a motion to revoke his bond over social media and on-air comments she argues constitute witness intimidation.

'Dangerous conduct': Ex-prosecutor says Trump co-defendant needs to stop mouthing off

Harrison Floyd, the former director of "Black Voices for Trump" and the only one of former president Donald Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia election racketeering trial to be briefly held in jail pending trial, may find himself headed back to jail as a judge is considering revoking his bond for improperly contacting a witness. But he's not taking it lying down, raging about it on social media.

He would do well to stop talking before it hurts him further, argued former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance on Thursday's edition of MSNBC's "The ReidOut."

"His response ... is one part comical and seemingly not helpful," said anchor Joy Reid. "If I was his attorney — and I'm not an attorney — I don't know that I would be happy about it. Here's what he tweeted in response to the motion to revoke his bond. 'Clarence Thomas was right. This is a circus. It is a national disgrace. It is a high-tech lynching for an uppity black.' And he included video of Clarence Thomas in 1991 Senate Judiciary Committee."

"Doesn't surprise me he identifies with Clarence Thomas, but wow," she continued. "If you're the judge reading that, does that encourage you to maybe sanction him more than you might? When people are faced with potentially having their bond revoked, don't they normally back down?"

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"So look, if I was a defense lawyer — which I'm not, I'm a former prosecutor — but if I was playing for the other team, something I would tell my client is, when your bond is about to be revoked because you have been intimidating witnesses, stay off of social media, keep your head shut, your mouth shut and your head down," said Vance. "This is really dangerous conduct for a defendant to engage in."

"I don't think the judge will punish him any more than he otherwise would," added Vance. "I do think the judge will take this conduct very seriously and consider whether custody or some other sanction is the only way to protect victims and witnesses in this case."

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Trump co-defendant in Georgia faces possible bail revocation after attacking witnesses

One of the co-defendants in the racketeering case that includes Donald Trump out of Fulton County, may have his bail revoked.

According to a motion filed by District Attorney Fani Willis on Wednesday, Harrison Floyd should have his bail revoked because he gave interviews to conservative outlets discussing the specifics of the case.

"On November 6, 2023, the Defendant participated in a video-recorded and widely disseminated interview on the Conservative Daily [podcast]," the motion says. "During the interview, the Defendant discussed the facts of case and communicated indirectly to codefendant and witness Jenna Ellis by discussing her guilty plea, in violation of conditions of release."

The video of Floyd quotes him saying, "President Trump was underserved by people like her. People who would go into the Oval Office and tell him one thing and then behind his back they would do another ... I'm not a lawyer. I'm not a Harvard J.D. But guess who is? Jenna Ellis, right. She literally, if she truly believed everything that she was saying, she could have defended her own self. She didn’t need a quarter of a million dollars of people's hard-earned money to be raised offline. You know? And it doesn’t take a quarter of a million dollars to accept a plea deal either. Or to deny one. OK? So she just showed who she really is."

The video of Ellis' proffer was shared with the lawyers of the defendants, which was then leaked to the media by those associated with Floyd. While the judge made it clear on Wednesday that the leak wasn't against the court rules, it will be in the future.

Floyd disseminated his interview attacking Ellis across the internet, the motion states.

He then proceeded to go after possible witnesses in the trial, including former Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Gabriel Sterling, tagging their Twitter accounts, Willis says. The DA's office explained that it "constitutes an act to intimidate known witnesses and direct communication with known witnesses about the facts of the case in violation of conditions of release."

Floyd went on to attack Ellis as well as Dan Scavino, who Ellis referenced in her proffer statement to the DA. "Which constituted an act to intimidate a known codefendant and witnesses and direct communication with a known codefendant and witnesses about the facts of the case, in violation of conditions of release," the motion explained.

He then went after Sidney Powell in a post on social media, which also is against the release conditions, Willis argues.

Floyd then attacked witness Ruby Freeman online on several occasions. He allegedly tagged the DA in the tweets that were against the conditions of his bail.

Read the full motion here.