ATLANTA — A state judge declined Tuesday to revoke the bond agreement of one of former president Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election-interference case after prosecutors argued that a series of social media posts had intimidated and threatened witnesses in the case.
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But Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee agreed with District Attorney Fani T. Willis that defendant Harrison Floyd had violated the terms of his bond agreement with some of his posts. He said “technical” violations don’t always warrant revocation, instead instructing Willis and Floyd’s lawyers to propose new, more specific bond terms that would prohibit the kind of social media posts that were the subject of Tuesday’s hearing.
The decision allows Floyd to stay out of jail, at least for now, as he awaits trial. Prosecutors had wanted him taken into custody immediately.
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Floyd, a former leader of Black Voices for Trump, is facing three charges largely related to his alleged role in a harassment campaign targeting two Atlanta election workers whom Trump allies falsely accused of election fraud in the aftermath of the 2020 campaign. He has pleaded not guilty.
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