While Donald Trump is slowly becoming a political afterthought despite his desperate attempts at regaining relevancy, the ghost of failed businessmen’s past just can’t stay out of the news. A story that went wide on Friday (Dec. 10) revealed that an alleged Kanye West AKA Ye insider visited the home of a Georgia election worker and attempted to get the woman to admit to Trump’s loud and wrong claims of voter fraud in favor of President Joe Biden.
As reported by Reuters, Chicago publicist Trevian Kutti, who is linked to jailed crooner R. Kelly, visited the home of 62-year-old Ruby Freeman on January 4 of this year offering protection to the election worker after she received death threats in the wake of Trump’s unsuccessful reelection bid and false claims of tampering from the other side. By way of a bodycam video, the exchange between Kutti and Freeman can be viewed, and the implications are that she was working on behalf of Trump and his team.
From Reuters:
When Kutti knocked on Freeman’s door on Jan. 4, Freeman called 911. By then, Freeman said, she was wary of strangers.
Starting on Dec. 3, Trump and his campaign repeatedly accused Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, of illegally counting phony mail-in ballots after pulling them from mysterious suitcases while working on Election Day at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. In fact, the “suitcases” were standard ballot containers, and the votes were properly counted, county and state officials quickly confirmed, refuting the fraud claims.
But Trump and his allies continued to accuse Freeman and Moss of election-rigging. The allegations inspired hundreds of threats and harassing messages against them and their family members.
By the time Kutti arrived, Freeman needed help but was cautious and wouldn’t open the door because of the threats, according to Freeman and a police report.
Kutti, who is Black, reportedly told Freeman, also Black, that she was a “loose end” and that she needed to admit to filing fake ballots or something would happen to her in 48 hours. All of this took place in a police station with officers as witnesses.
Where things get bizarre is Freeman saying that Kutti said that she was going to put a man by the name of Harrison Ford on speakerphone to speak with her about the grave situation. Freeman said that the man speaking was not the famed actor. Kutti curiously asked for privacy so it isn’t known what the mysterious Harrison Ford character said to Freeman.
We should note that a Twitter user claims that Kutti was using the name Harrison Floyd, who was linked to Trump.
Trevian Kutti is saying "Harrison FLOYD" – (not Ford)
Floyd led a group called Black Voices for Trump, and ran for Congress in Georgia, in 2020.https://t.co/MvLsp20N7O pic.twitter.com/BIUXDkyxCu
— Kathleen Sullivan (@KayAnneSacto) December 10, 2021
The entire ordeal was fishy from the onset but Kutti’s bold move of accompanying Freeman to the police station at the risk of being recorded speaks volumes as to what lengths Trump and the MAGA weirdos were willing to attempt to retain the White House.
On Twitter, people are reacting to the zany story as only they can. Check out those reactions below.
Police bodycam video recorded on Jan. 4, 2021, shows Trevian Kutti, a publicist for hip-hop artist Kanye West, telling a Georgia election worker who former President Trump falsely accused of manipulating votes that she was in imminent danger https://t.co/AeF1I18mdJ pic.twitter.com/ott7ohVQnI
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 10, 2021
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Photo: Getty
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The dick of the day trophy goes to Trevian Kutti—a Kanye West publicist—for threatening an election worker and her family in Georgia—demanding she lie about voter fraud to help Trump overthrow the government, or else.
Wow.
If only we had a justice department.#DickOfTheDay
— Jason Overstreet (@JasonOverstreet) December 10, 2021
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the same Trevian Kutti that was R Kelly’s publicist? what a career https://t.co/cXZazoziIX
— the ghost of txtmas past (@metaltxt) December 10, 2021
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2/ Trevian Kutti became West's "Director of Operations" in 2018. That was just after she quit as R Kelly's chief publicist when he was being hit with a series of new sex trafficking/rape accusations.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 10, 2021
So, a grifter. Got it.
4.
Trevian Kutti did the following:
Came to someone’s house
Told them to confess to a crime they did not commit
Said if they didn’t confess to the crime a mob would show up at their house in 48 hours
48 hours later a mob arrived at their house
How is this not a crime?
— Noble Prize in Sarcasm (@rewegreatyet) December 10, 2021
5.
This is a federal crime in plain sight on camera.
1. How has Trevian Kutti not been arrested & charged with election tampering & coercion?
2. How has Kanye West not been arrested & charged with conspiracy?
3. Why does Kanye West still have a career? https://t.co/OlQkA0lRDF— Rachel Wolf (@iamrachelwolf) December 10, 2021
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The @FBIGeorgia should be contacting @kanyewest and this publicist Trevian Kutti should be questioned. Her previous client was R. Kelly. https://t.co/gERYg8BS5a
— Fast Eddie (@LatinFastEddie) December 10, 2021
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So this Trevian Kutti person is a massive piece of shit, eh? https://t.co/SpvXjKHehZ
— Dr. GiantSpaceAss (@GiantSpaceAss) December 10, 2021
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This Trevian Kutti? pic.twitter.com/bby9P03RrF
— Suzan Scott (@NewsJunkieBlu) December 10, 2021
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Trevian Kutti is saying "Harrison FLOYD" – (not Ford)
Floyd led a group called Black Voices for Trump, and ran for Congress in Georgia, in 2020.https://t.co/MvLsp20N7O pic.twitter.com/BIUXDkyxCu
— Kathleen Sullivan (@KayAnneSacto) December 10, 2021
10.
“You are a loose end for a party that needs to tidy up."
(NB: Trevian Kutti, the person making the extortion threat, was on Trump's "Young Black Leadership Council")
A crime syndicate, not a political party.https://t.co/2kxKOOillE
— Julie Laumann (@Otpor17) December 10, 2021
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In body-cam footage from an officer on the other side of the room, #TrevianKutti can be heard saying, “I cannot say what specifically will take place… I just know that it will disrupt your freedom and the freedom of one or more of your family members.” @kanyewest
— Marcy W. (@marcywexler) December 10, 2021
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Jan. 3, Trump in call presses Georgia SecState Brad Raffensberger a dozen times about Freeman.
Jan. 4 Trevian Kutti knocks on Freeman door & warns her go to US attorney & “confess to Trump’s..allegations, or people wd come to her home in 48 hrs”& shed go 2jail
Jan. 4 USA resigns— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) December 10, 2021
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Trevian Kutti is what you call a stochastic terrorist.
Kutti should be in prison for threatening the life of the election worker.
— Thomas Keepout (@solm) December 10, 2021
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2 days after Kanye’s publicist, Trevian Kutti, threatened Ruby Freeman, a mob of Trump supporters surrounded Ruby’s home. Unironically, this all coincided on January 6th!!! Fucking nasty work done here by Kanye and trump. pic.twitter.com/VBOlgV28Q4
— When is the General Strike (@SoulRevision) December 10, 2021
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THIS NEEDS TO TREND! Get the news out #TrevianKutti #KanyeWest Publicist was working for a "high-profile individual" when she threatened and tried to coerce a 62-yr old Georgia election official to falsely admit to election tampering! Retweet. We need to wake Americans up! https://t.co/jmW8DLhcm6
— #VaccinesSaveLives (@jmisraje1111) December 10, 2021