A Georgia Judge has again dropped Multiple Charges in Trump’s 2020 Election Interference Case on Thursday.
Judge Scott McAfee Granted a Motion from some of Trump’s Co-Defendants to Quash Three Counts in the RICO Indictment brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D), finding they “lie beyond this State’s jurisdiction.”
The Ruling also hands Trump a Victory, as he faced Two of the Charges in question. “President Trump and his legal team in Georgia have prevailed once again,” Steve Sadow, Trump’s Lead Defense Attorney in the Case, said in a Statement.
Trump and a slew of His Allies are Accused of attempting to Subvert Georgia’s Election Results that showed He Lost, to keep Trump in the White House. Trump has Pleaded Not Guilty. Trump now faces Eight Counts after originally being Charged with 13.
The Prosecution is currently On-Hold for Trump and many of His Co-Defendants, as they Appeal their Efforts to Kick Willis off the Case, over Her once Romantic Relationship with a Top Prosecutor, who has since removed Himself from the Case.
But McAfee’s Ruling on Thursday, responded to a Dismissal Motion filed by Two of Trump's Co-Defendants, Pro-Trump Lawyer John Eastman and Georgia Sen. Shawn Still (R-48th District), whose Prosecutions are Not Frozen, as they are Not part of the Appeal.
The Judge tossed Three Counts related to the Filing of False Electoral College Documents, claiming Trump Won Georgia in 2020. McAfee found the Allegations were Subject to Federal Criminal Laws, and the State had No Jurisdiction.
“Punishment for filing certain documents would enable a state to constrict the scope of materials assessed by a federal court and impair the administration of justice in that tribunal,” McAfee wrote in His Ruling.
The Judge meanwhile Declined Trump’s Co-Defendants’ requests to Drop additional Counts, including the RICO Charge, at the Center of the Indictment. McAfee did, however, Preview the Supreme Court’s Decision carving out Broad Presidential Immunity will “likely affect the allegations” underpinning that central charge. However, it is upto theState Courts to determine which Actions are Presidential or Not.
“However, unlike the many other challenges raised by the Defendants, the impact of Presidential immunity has not been fully briefed or argued by the parties, and this order does not reach that issue,” McAfee wrote in a Footnote.
This Marks the Second time that the Judge has Tossed some of the Counts in the Case. McAfee previously Dismissed Six Charges in the sweeping RICO Indictment, including Three against Trump, after Ruling State Prosecutors did Not allege sufficient Detail regarding the Nature of the Violations.
Each of those Dismissed Charges pertained to the Defendants having allegedly Solicited Public Officers to Violate their Oaths.
Trump’s previously Ddismissed Charges included: One stemming from a Phone Ccall with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), where Trump urged him to “find 11,780 Votes, and another accusing Trump of attempting to get Georgia House Speaker David Ralston (R) to Violate His Oath-of-Office by Unlawfully appointing Presidential Electors through Special Session of the Legislature.
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