Fani Willis didn’t get the ruling she wanted against Harrison Floyd, but she got the win she needed
When Fulton County DA Fani Willis moved last week to revoke Trump co-defendant Harrison Floyd’s bail, I pointed out that it would either result in Floyd going to jail or Floyd being in a position where he was one more tweet away from going to jail, and either one would be a win for Willis.
Sure enough, the courts ruled today that Floyd did technically violate his bail, and it tightened the conditions of his release, but it chose not to put him in jail at this time. There will be all kinds of angry defeatist ranting about this on social media. We’ll see tons of “They’re getting special treatment” and “Why do we even have laws” and “They’re getting away with it all” hyperbole. But none of that is accurate, and this is in fact a win for Willis.
Fani Willis was able to get the courts to establish specific parameters today for what will land Harrison Floyd in jail. As I said, Floyd will now have to spend the rest of his pretrial period knowing that he’s one tweet away from going to jail. Either Floyd will now back down and cower, making clear to other defendants like Donald Trump that they’re also in danger if they don’t back down, or Floyd will escalate and go to jail, sending an even more clear message to Trump and the gang.
As I’ve said from the very start of the arrest, bail, and pretrial release process, these things are always handled by the courts in incremental fashion. If anyone on social media is yelling “Anyone else would be locked up by now,” they have no idea what they’re talking about. The courts are handling this exactly like they normally do, and exactly like they should. Floyd is now one tweet from jail, and Trump isn’t that far behind him.
