Man pardoned by Trump in 'fake electors' scheme hopes it extends to unrelated assault charge
Observers on Monday were quick to frame President Donald Trump's sweeping pardon of so-called "fake electors" as a symbolic gesture since the various criminal cases against those individuals exist in the states -- outside the jurisdiction of presidential clemency.
But there is one notable exception: Harrison Floyd, a little-known ex-Marine who served on Trump's 2020 campaign.
Trump pardoned high-profile individuals allegedly involved in his attempt to overturn the election, including Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Boris Epshteyn, John Eastman and Mark Meadows, and 72 other individuals allegedly associated with the effort to challenge the 2020 election results.
Floyd was charged with racketeering alongside Giuliani and others in Georgia for his role in the aftermath of the 2020 election. But he also faces an unrelated federal charge for assaulting a federal agent in 2023.
And now an attorney for Floyd says the pardon could extend to his federal charge, too.
"Obviously, there is an argument that this pardon extends to that charge, but that's all I can tell you at this point," Carlos J.R. Salvado, an attorney for Floyd, said in a brief phone interview with ABC News.
Floyd allegedly attacked two FBI agents dispatched on behalf of Special Counsel Jack Smith to serve Floyd with a subpoena as part of the federal investigation into 2020 election subversion, according to the Washington Post. The Post, citing a sealed affidavit, reported that Floyd body-slammed one of the agents and shouted "Who the f--- do you think you are?"
The language in Trump's pardon covers individuals charged with "any conduct relating to their efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in the 2020 Presidential Election."
Floyd has not entered a plea on the assault charge, court records show, but his attorney said they were preparing to take the case to trial.
On Monday, Floyd wrote on X, "BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER! Thank you @EagleEdMartin, @WhiteHouse and everyone else involved."
