Trump Georgia Case Defendants Seek Vast Election Records, Arguing 2020 Election Stolen as Central to Defense Strategy

Trump Co-Defendant Floyd's Play For Massive Election Records in Georgia Puts to Test Court's Balancing of Defendant Rights with Potential for Rehashing Debunked Claims of Stolen 2020 Election

• The defense in Donald Trump’s Georgia case have asserted a novel strategy, arguing that the 2020 election was actually stolen. The defense team for Trump co-defendant, Harrison Floyd, argues that Floyd is entitled to thousands of pages of state election records based on this contention.
• Floyd’s lawyers claim that they have a right to rebut the prosecution team’s allegation that Trump lost the election—they aim to access the same material that election conspiracy theorists have sought for years, including cast-vote records from voting machines, absentee ballot application records, and more.
• Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is being challenged to decide whether or not to permit the extensive volume of information into the case. This would offer Floyd the opportunity to cast doubts on an election result that has already been decided.
• Harrison Floyd, a relatively unknown player who helped manage Trump's 2020 campaign outreach to Black voters, faces three charges: racketeering, conspiracy to solicit false statements and influencing witnesses. These charges originate from his alleged attempts to pressure local election worker, Ruby Freeman, into confessing to crimes she did not commit.
• Formerly unknown among the 19 people charged in the original indictment, Floyd's aggressive social media presence and refusal to strike a bond agreement before being booked at the Fulton County Jail has boosted his minor celebrity status in conservative circles. So far, Floyd has raised almost $329,000 for his legal defense.

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