(Robert Jonathan, Headline USA) In a mic-drop moment on Wednesday, a day after his release from jail, Fulton 19 co-defendant Harrison Floyd announced that he was contemplating a run for Congress.
Floyd, the leader of Black Voices for Trump, issued the public statement outside the Fulton County courthouse where, last week, he had been deemed a flight risk and reportedly denied bond after driving from Maryland to face charges.
President Donald Trump and 18 others are accused of a racketeering conspiracy in the politically motivated case for their efforts to challenge the disputed outcome in the 2020 election.
News of Floyd’s detention aroused widespread public backlash, forcing county officials to reconsider the incarceration of Trump’s only black, male co-defendant. He was released on Tuesday, subject to a $100,000 bond.
“I would like to thank District Attorney Fani Willis for giving me what we call in our community a Negro wake-up call because she has reminded me that our country and the state of Georgia will not be able to be a righteous nation if we stand on pillars of corruption, racism, lying, and cheating,” he said.
During his remarks Wednesday, Floyd, a disabled Marine veteran, thanked God, his wife, and those who had been praying for him during his incarceration, as well as the donors who had contributed (as of Thursday afternoon) more than $287,000 to a GiveSendGo page set up to raise funds for his legal expenses.
After delivering his backhanded compliment to Willis—the highly partisan, ethically challenged DA at the heart of the Georgia lawfare campaign—Floyd offered his own spirutual take on the corruption that has overtaken politics in the Biden era.
“[W]hen we are governed men and women who are more concerned about things in the world rather than serving the citizens they’re sworn to protect, we end up going into more and deeper darkness,” he said.
“…[T]he only thing we can do is follow God and lead by example, and so I’m also announcing right now that I am exploring running for [a] congressional seat in Georgia,” he declared as he left the podium. “I’m coming back here to get things right.”
Georgia is on my mind 🍑 pic.twitter.com/FCN8URuZNB
— Harrison Floyd (@hw_floyd) August 31, 2023
The would-be candidate did not specify which district he was eyeing.
Floyd is accused of attempting to solicit false statements from Ruby Freeman, the Fulton County election supervisor who was caught on camera pulling briefcases of ballots from underneath a table and scanning them repeatedly after the State Farm Arena had shut down on the evening of Nov. 3, 2020, due to a nonexistent water-main leak.
The allegations of impropriety against Freeman were never formally investigated, although Democrats have falsely claimed they were debunked.
Evidence showing the image scans of duplicate ballots and “pristine” pre-printed ballots without a clear chain of custody are likely to play a prominent role in the defense strategy, even though Fulton County illegally destroyed much of the hard evidence.
BREAKING!🚨🚨🚨
FULTON COUNTY, GA: @VoterGa presents evidence of duplicate scanned batches uncovered from ballot images obtained from lawsuit. Identical markings/writing prove ballots counted multiple times, compromising official certified election results! @RealAmVoice pic.twitter.com/yPVQ01AtEL— Heather Mullins (@TalkMullins) July 13, 2021
In a conversation with Steve Bannon on Real America’s Voice, Floyd seemed to hint that prosecutors were hoping to flip him in order to prevent the disclosure of damning evidence.
“To keep it frank and simple, Fulton County fumbled the cover up, and I am aware of what transpired, and they’re trying to put pressure on me, and others, to make sure the truth doesn’t come out,” he said.
However, “the truth always has a way of finding its way to the surface,” he added optimistically. “… I’m looking to being down here and fighting ‘the devil in Georgia.'”
Harrison Floyd joins Steve Bannon on the #WarRoom after his release from the Fulton County prison today. @hw_floyd
Watch LIVE➡ https://t.co/aeKhZCtVbe
Watch more #WarRoom here: https://t.co/6VXRRSsLmF pic.twitter.com/7cZcZe2N3X
— Real America's Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) August 30, 2023
Headline USA’s Ben Sellers contributed to this report.
