Of the co-defendants in the election interference case. we mentioned harrison floyd earlier who turned himself in yes, but he is still in custody. our legal analyst lisa rubin is joining us now from the courthouse in atlanta. what do we know about this hearing, lisa? reporter: hey, ana, i m having a little bit of trouble hearing you right now, but what we know right now is that harrison floyd, who is the only one of the 19 defendants in this election interference case to be still in custody has his initial appearance with judge scott mcafee at 11:00 a.m. this won t be only the first hearing in the case, but the first time we actually hear from judge scott mcafee in person. he is a relatively new judge at 34 years old, he s only been on the bench for six months, and you heard me right, he s 34 years old. he s a relatively young lawyer to begin with. we expect harrison floyd s hearing to start at around 11:00 a.m. this morning. one of the things that will obviously be discussed is why
Assaulting a federal officer, and this allegedly took place when a pair of fbi special agents served him a federal grand jury subpoena at his maryland home. what does that do for floyd s future with this case? well, i do think that fani willis is going to make a determination as to how she moves forward when and with whom ultimately. the fact that she has this additional legal matter is kind of like a defendant who has a second case, and as a former prosecutor i had to deal with that on a number of occasions, in jurisdictions that are different at levels that are different. you may have someone who has a federal case they re fighting and you have someone who has a state case they re fighting. these things are not necessarily unusual. ultimately as we ve been talking about, fani willis wants to tell a very cohesive narrative around everyone who is listed on that indictment and their participation with respect to fulton county. anyone who has anything else going on, they are going to w
Unintended cons for his gamble. from the court of public opinion, the earlier the people hear all the evidence the government has assembled and they hear it for this defendant and then the next defendant and then the next one, it s hammered home in the public mind that there s a whole lot of evidence getting through and it applies to everybody. that s a good thing from a security perspective. another unintended consequence will be the other defendants hear the evidence against chesebro and they re by transference against them, and they start pleading because they don t want to go to trial against that kind of evidence. so it could be a win for the government and the prosecution. charles, one of trump s co-defendants is actually still in jail, harrison floyd, who allegedly tried to pressure georgia election worker ruby freeman into falsely confessing to election crimes she didn t commit, he was also charged in may we ve learned with
Courthouse, but as of right now, it is unclear whether that hearing is taking place here or with a magistrate judge at the fulton county jail where blayne is right now. and either event, one of the things that will undoubtedly come up is why harrison floyd is the only one of the 19 defendants who remains in custody. the fulton county sheriff said he was unable to negotiate a bond for himself, but why is still a mystery. is it because harrison floyd couldn t come up with the necessary funds to negotiate a bond order, or is it because there couldn t be an agreement on the conditions of his release? you might know that harrison floyd, in addition to this case, is also facing federal indictment or sorry, federal criminal client in federal district court in maryland. why? because when the fbi went to go talk to him about the federal election interference case that jack smith is prosecuting, he had an altercation with an fbi agent that resulted in his arrest. so, i expect we ll learn more
Back to you. so heart breaking, a 7-year-old, thank you for that. that s going to do it for us this busy week. thank you for being here. i m off next week. i ll see you back here in september. have a great weekend. reporting from new york, i m ana cabrera. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. we begin with the latest on the legal drama surrounding former president donald trump. at this hour, co-defendant harrison floyd is scheduled to have his initial appearance. he s the only one so far who has not been released from jail after turning himself in. and there is just under an hour left for stephen lee, the final co-defendant in the georgia election interference case to turn himself in at the fulton county jail. meantime, several other co-defendants turned themselves in overnight, including former justice department official jeffrey clark, who tried to unsuccessfully block his arrest.