According to a Politico report, six charges against former President and 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump have been thrown out in his criminal indictment in Georgia.
From Politico:
The ruling affects three of the 13 felony counts Trump faces in the case, though not the central charge of a racketeering conspiracy aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state. Several of the dismissed counts do not involve Trump but instead apply to some of his most prominent co-defendants, including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Mark Meadows.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee emphasized that prosecutors may refile the charges with greater detail or appeal his ruling.
However, McAfee found that as written, the allegations that Donald Trump and several allies solicited Georgia officials to violate their oaths of office — in part by sending false electors to Congress — were too generic.
“The lack of detail concerning an essential legal element is … fatal,” McAfee wrote.
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Judge tosses six charges in Trump Georgia indictment https://t.co/IfhunQwWYS
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