Today on Lawfare: Nov. 22, 2023
From The Lawfare Editorial Team
Compiled by Caleb Benjamin
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Judge McAfee: Don’t Lock Him Up
Anna Bower reported on the Nov. 21 hearing in Fulton County court in which Judge Scott McAfee determined whether Harrison Floyd, the former leader of a group called Black Voices for Trump, should have his bail revoked for using the social media platform X to indirectly communicate with witnesses.
Hill then described other posts by Floyd, several of which involved statements about Freeman, the elections worker who was the subject of the alleged pressure campaign carried out by Floyd and others in the wake of the 2020 election. Finally, Hill turned to Floyd’s posts about Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia Secretary of State, and Sterling, his chief operating officer. In one of the posts, Hill said, Floyd called Raffensperger and Sterling “pieces of 💩.”
All of which brought us to the present moment, in which Willis, having called the state’s second witness of the day, asks Sterling if he enjoys being called a piece of 💩. Sterling responds in the negative.
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