Attorneys for Harrison Floyd, a co-defendant of Donald Trump, and two Georgia agencies are set to meet again Friday afternoon in Fulton County Superior Court over a push to subpoena records concerning the 2020 election.
Friday's hearing before Judge Scott McAfee is the second to focus just on this issue: Motions by state and local government agencies to quash Floyd's subpoenas demanding extensive records related to the 2020 election, such as ballot images, absentee ballot envelopes, hard drives and more.
Floyd, the former leader of “Black Voices for Trump,” has pleaded not guilty for his role in the sweeping election-racketeering case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
As he prepares his defense, his lawyers have signaled they may challenge the premise in the state felony case that those involved in the alleged conspiracy knew the election wasn’t stolen, and that Trump lost.
McAfee in November convened Floyd's legal team and representatives from the Secretary of State of Georgia, Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, and Clerk of Superior Court of Fulton County. That session ended with Floyd's lawyers agreeing to submit more narrowly tailored subpoenas, and for the government agencies to provide more detailed responses.
The judge on Dec. 20 scheduled another hearing to check back in on the motions from the government agencies to quash the subpoenas and Floyd's views on how long it would take for Fulton County officials to respond to his request.
Also added at the last minute to Friday's agenda: A motion from Trump 2020 election lawyer John Eastman trying to get dismissed the key racketeering charge central to the entire case. Willis' office on Friday filed a reply brief saying Eastman's bid should be "overruled and denied."
Floyd, Eastman, Trump, and the other 12 remaining co-defendants in the case are still awaiting a trial date, with Willis proposing a start date of Aug. 5.