ATLANTA — On Tuesday, Trump co-defendants Harrison Floyd and Trevian Kutti were back in a Fulton County court.
Floyd appeared before Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee on a matter that concerns a subpoena to count Fulton County's 2020 election ballots.
Yes, that's right, Floyd wants to personally recount the more than 500,000 ballots cast in that election.
However, time and money is stopping that request dead in its tracks. An attorney for Fulton County said that could take 57,000 hours to complete -- and neither side wants to pay for that.
In response, Judge McAfee told Floyd's lawyers to file an amended subpoena and both specific about what election information they want to use as evidence, as well as how they propose to go through it in a timely and cost efficient manner.
In December 2021, according to prosecutors, Floyd was asked to arrange a meeting to discuss an “immunity deal” with Ruby Freeman, a Fulton County election worker whom Trump and his allies falsely accused of pulling fraudulent ballots from a suitcase.
Fulton County DA Fani Willis said Floyd arranged for Kutti — whom Willis described as a “purported publicist” based in Chicago — to meet with Freeman.
Kutti, who reportedly worked for Kanye West at one point, told Freeman that “an armed squad" of federal officers would approach her and her family within 48 hours and that Kutti had access to “very high-profile people that can make particular things happen in order to defend yourself and your family," according to Willis' court filing.
The district attorney has previously cited video footage as evidence of those statements.
Kutti described Floyd as a “Black progressive crisis manager, very high level, with authoritative powers to get you the protection that you need," Willis previously said.
She also said that during a subsequent phone call with Kutti and Floyd, Freeman was pressured to reveal information under threat of imprisonment, Willis said.
Floyd's legal team is currently attempting to prove that Trump did indeed win the 2020 election, arguing that their client was not trying to get Freeman to make false statements.
As for Kutti, she appeared in court via Zoom regarding a motion on the status of her legal representation.
As it turns out, there was apparently a filing error where her counsel was submitted to Trump's docket instead of hers.
Charges indicting former President Donald Trump for allegedly criminally interfering in Georgia's 2020 election have set the stage for a lengthy legal fight under the state's wide-reaching racketeering statute
Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators face charges under a 98-page, 41-count indictment unveiled by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Court records show the former president faces 13 counts in Fulton County, including violating Georgia's RICO statute. The indictment's cover page shows that multiple others, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, are also charged.