Donald Trump’s co-defendant in the Georgia election fraud case may have violated her bond by threatening a witness in the case.
Trevian Kutti, a former publicist of Kayne West, said on a video post that she will “f**k up” the life of a witness when the case is over.
Kutti made her comments on an Instagram Live video, answering questions from members of the public. The video was recorded on Tuesday, November 28 and has come to light through a post by the Democrat-leaning news website Meidastouch.
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After cautioning that she could not discuss the specifics of her case, Kutti told the Instagram Live audience that she could answer general questions. She then appeared angered when one man suggested that the evidence against her was very strong.
“Let me just tell you right now, you can’t kill Trump when his entire base is a militia. You can’t do it,” she said.
Kutti, who is Black, has frequently criticized other Black people for their support for the Democrat Party.
“I want to respect Black people and Black men, but when you come over here and you act crazy and you talk crazy to me you’re going to be, you’ll be outdone. Ok? You’ll be outdone,” she says in the video.
Addressing the case against her she says: “There’s a woman sitting somewhere who knows this whole thing is a lie. Who knows I never did anything to her. Who knows I never. Who knows she begged me for help. There’s a woman sitting somewhere who knows that I’m going to f**k her whole life up when this is done,” she said.
Kutti then said her conversation with the woman was on video at a police station. That suggests she is talking about Ruby Freeman as Kutti’s recorded conversation with Freeman in a police station is a central part of the case against her.
Her bond prohibits Kutti from intimidating acts or posting about the case on social media.
Newsweek sought comment from Kutti through Instragram Messenger on Monday.
Kutti is a former publicist for rapper Kayne West, who distanced himself from her after she was arrested.
According to the indictment against her, on January 4, 2021, Kutti traveled to the suburban home of Freeman, a Georgia election worker who was the subject of a false claim by Trump supporters that she had used a suitcase to remove hundreds of Trump ballots from a polling booth.
Kutti had traveled from Chicago to Atlanta to try to meet Freeman, according to the indictment. Kutti had been recruited for the job by Harrison Floyd, the head of Black Voices for Trump, who has also been charged in the case.
Kutti allegedly told Freeman to confess to voter-fraud allegations, or people would come to her home in 48 hours, and she’d go to jail.
Freeman called 911 and a police officer took Kutti to a police station. Inside the station, Kutti and Freeman met in a corner, according to footage from a body camera worn by an officer present at the meeting. The Reuters news agency obtained the video through a public-records request. Kutti has pleaded not guilty to all charges against her.
“I cannot say what specifically will take place,” Kutti is heard telling Freeman in the police station recording. “I just know that it will disrupt your freedom,” she said, “and the freedom of one or more of your family members.”
“You are a loose end for a party that needs to tidy up,” Kutti continued. She added that “federal people” were involved, without offering specifics.
In the Instagram Live video, Kutti also discusses her mugshot after she was indicted. She is smiling broadly at the camera in one of the major images of the Georgia indictments.
Kutti said she knew the mugshot would be a historic record that would be viewed by people’s grandchildren in the future, so she practiced her mugshot pose for two hours.
In August, a grand jury voted to indict Trump and 18 others over alleged attempts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results, charging the former president and every other co-defendant with violating the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Four of the 19 indicted have accepted a plea deal and agreed to testify.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all 13 counts he faces.
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