Staff Reports
Harrison Floyd's legal team, one of the co-defendants in a Fulton County, Georgia case involving former President Donald Trump and 18 others related to challenges of the 2020 election outcome, submitted various requests on Monday. They appealed to the court to separate his case from most co-defendants, excluding some, to make all 2020 election documents accessible, and to unveil any state-offered agreements to any individual mentioned in the indictment, regardless of whether they were finalized. According to the documents, Floyd thinks several co-defendants have struck plea deals with the prosecution.
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The "disclosure of agreements" motion emphasizes the necessity for the prosecution to share details of these deals, negotiation dates, polygraph tests, any potential incentives offered to witnesses in other cases, privileges or immunities offered in exchange for testimonies, and commitments from law enforcement about not pursuing potential witnesses. The motion also requires information on prior agreements witnesses might have had in other cases.
The motion mentions the importance of these matters, suggesting they indicate a witness's inclination and past of government collaboration. Floyd's attorneys emphasize that the U.S. Constitution's due process mandate obligates the state to divulge any witness-related arrangements in criminal cases.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, leading the prosecution, expects to introduce 150 witnesses in the trial of the 19 accused individuals. A month prior, they were charged with the assertion that their efforts to dispute the 2020 Georgia election results amounted to criminal racketeering. They all face charges under Georgia's RICO Act, along with 40 other charges.
Besides RICO-related charges, Floyd faces allegations of conspiracy to solicit false documents and influencing witnesses. He's implicated in 10 out of the 161 racketeering acts in the indictment.
Floyd's lawyers aim to detach his case from 16 co-defendants, excluding Lee and Kutti. They argue that the other 38 charges, unrelated to Floyd's political affiliations or support for Trump, lack ties to a shared agenda and don't link him or his co-defendants, Kutti and Lee, to the remaining 16.
The rest of the co-defendants face charges for actions like proposing an alternative elector group and doubting the election machine's credibility. These actions, Floyd's lawyers assert, are unrelated to the cases of Floyd and his direct co-defendants.
Additionally, the attorneys requested the disclosure of all general election items from November 3, 2020, as cited in a publicly available subpoena. These materials are vital to Floyd's defense, as the state claims he and others knowingly disseminated falsehoods about the election results. The items in question encompass mail-in ballots, system reports, correspondence emails, system breach logs, and server access lists.
