A co-defendant of President Donald Trump in the Georgia election case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis demanded her resignation on Thursday.
Harrison Floyd, who remains a defendant in the Georgia case against Trump, posted to X a screen shot of an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article that reports Willis’ office recorded a phone call with his Maryland-based attorney.
According to the August 29, 2023 article about Floyd securing bond, “Willis’ office provided the Atlanta Journal-Constitution with a recording of a phone call Willis made that same day to attorney Carlos J.R. Salvado, who is Floyd’s attorney in an unrelated criminal case in federal court in Maryland.”
In the phone call, the publication reported Willis “explained that she had sent a representative to meet with Floyd at the jail when he turned himself in. Willis told Salvado that Floyd was offered a consent bond at that time, but he refused it.” Floyd disputes that he was offered a consent bond.
I don’t want to put a black woman in Jail.
But if @FaniforDA does not recuse herself from this case by noon on Monday, I may have no other choice than to pursue all lawful remedies.
Make Fulton Great Again #FaniWillis #fultoncounty #corrupt #Georgia pic.twitter.com/D89OF3Bemq
— Harrison Floyd 🇺🇸 (@hw_floyd) April 5, 2024
Under the Maryland Wiretap Act, all present parties must consent before any recording of a private conversation can be made, and Floyd claims his Salvado did not know he was being recorded.
Floyd declared that if Willis “does not recuse herself from this case” by Monday, he “may have no other choice than to pursue all lawful remedies.”
The district attorney did not recuse herself on Monday, and Floyd released a statement on the social media platform X to address the allegations and reveal his future legal plans.
“Last week my attorney and I made it public that District Attorney Willis very likely violated the Maryland Wiretapping Act, which is a felony here in Maryland,” said Floyd in his statement.
He further claimed his attorneys found no evidence Willis had a warrant, and said the call was not related to law enforcement activities.
“She simply broke the law,” alleged Floyd. “The truth is DA Willis did not like the public backlash she was receiving, and over the course of multiple calls, she tried to find a way out of the mess that she created.”
Floyd then argued that Willis continues to suffer pitfalls in her Georgia election case against the former president because she “is blinded by her upbringing, which is deeply rooted in radical, progressive ideology and racism.”
As a result, said Floyd, Willis “has no problem weaponizing her skin or her office to its aims.”
Statement: #faniwillis #fultoncounty #racism https://t.co/peO7qAjIPW pic.twitter.com/KvZeJiEotJ
— Harrison Floyd 🇺🇸 (@hw_floyd) April 8, 2024
“Well my skin is also black,” noted Floyd, before claiming Willis “wants to make me pay for what she feels is a betrayal to black culture,” and her “words and actions continually demonstrate a hate for white people and a need to make this country about race.”
Floyd ultimately explained that his attorneys are working on the appeal to Judge Scott McAfee’s decision not to disqualify Willis despite the district attorney’s affair with her former special counsel, Nathan Wade, before filing a new motion regarding the allegedly illegal phone recording.
“After my attorneys finished working on the appeal Judge McAfee granted, we will bring a motion asking the court to exercise its judicial power on equal protection grounds,” stated Floyd. “Because racism, in any form, is wrong.”
While acknowledging his efforts are likely to slow down the criminal case against Trump and those who helped him contest the 2020 election, Floyd maintained, “this is not an effort to delay justice or attack the district attorney because of her race or sex. It’s because she actually broke the law in the same manner she’s falsely accusing me.”
Attorney Phil Holloway, who has provided exclusive reporting to Megyn Kelly during her coverage of the Georgia Trump case, previously wrote in a post to X that Willis could be charged with a felony under Maryland law.
“I suspect Maryland law applies here. I know for a fact it’s unusual and unprofessional for a lawyer to record a call with another lawyer,” wrote Holloway.
He continued, “Whether or not it’s a crime is for Maryland to decide but regardless it’s a bad look.”
Attorneys representing Floyd previously indicated they planned to prove his innocence at trial by demonstrating there was enough voter fraud in Georgia during the 2020 elections to falsely show President Joe Biden as the state’s winner.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Georgia Star News, and also reports for The Tennessee Star and the Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Harrison Floyd” by Harrison Floyd and image “Fani Willis in Court” is by Judge Scott McAfee.
