Judge throws out two charges Trump faces in Georgia election subversion case

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Source: CNN Politics

Updated 4:35 PM EDT, Thu September 12, 2024


CNN — A judge on Thursday threw out three charges in the sweeping Georgia election subversion case, including two charges that former President Donald Trump faces. The decision hasn’t yet been formally applied to Trump because his case has been paused pending appeals. In a separate ruling, Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee also upheld the marquee racketeering charge in the case, which Trump is also facing.

Trump lawyer Steve Sadow hailed the rulings as a victory. “President Trump and his legal team in Georgia have prevailed once again,” Sadow said in a statement. “The trial court has decided that counts 15 and 27 in the indictment must be quashed/dismissed.” McAfee threw out one count of filing false documents and one count of conspiring to file false documents, both stemming from the Trump campaign’s efforts to put forward a slate of fake GOP electors in Georgia. Trump was only named in the conspiracy count.

In the ruling, McAfee also threw out a separate count of filing false documents, which Trump was charged with. That count relates to untrue statements about supposed voter fraud that were included in one of Trump’s lawsuits in December 2020 that attempted to negate the election results.

These rulings only narrowly took effect for former Trump lawyer John Eastman and Georgia state Sen. Shawn Still, who were involved in the 2020 fake electors plot. Their cases are not currently paused. Trump was only named in two of the three charges that McAfee threw out Thursday. The awkward ruling from McAfee comes as he has only partial jurisdiction over the 2020 election meddling case.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/12/politics/trump-georgia-election-subversion-charges/index.html

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Published 4:18 PM EDT, Thu September 12, 2024


CNN -- A judge on Thursday threw out three charges in the sweeping Georgia election subversion case, including two charges that former President Donald Trump is facing.

The decision hasn't yet been formally applied to Trump because his case has been paused pending appeals. In a separate ruling, Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee also upheld the marquee racketeering charge in the case, which Trump is also facing.

These rulings only narrowly went into effect for former Trump lawyer John Eastman and Georgia state Sen. Shawn Still, who were involved in the 2020 fake electors plot. Their cases are not currently paused.

Trump was only named in two of the three charges that McAfee threw out Thursday.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

[Dock_Yard]

1. So what's the percentage of these charges to the total in GA?

How many original charges were put on TSF and his merry band of conspirators?

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Well it was a RICO bundle of 40 charges I think

Not every defendant was charged with every crime.

[Dock_Yard]

4. thanks, I guess the prosecution losing 3/40 was to be expected, but ...

not TWO for TSF himself.
Dang it...

[Mad_Machine76]

9. How many charges are left

against Trump?

[Silent Type]

3. Hate to say it, but if I had to bet, this case is all but over as far as ever convicting trump.

[Dock_Yard]

5. As long as the MAL documents case goes forward to ...

... full trial and slam-dunk conviction for TSF, that'll satisfy me.
He'll be sentenced to some kind of VIP Confinement away from others but certainly guarded ... and for a sentence that will vastly exceed his remaining years alive.
I expect Kamala's new AG to really fire up these cases after sleepy Merrick Garland is told he's not continuing.

[C0RI0LANUS]

6. We must win at the ballot box and not count on the court system

As a fellow DUer cognizantly pointed out several weeks ago, we must ignore these court shenanigans and rely on ourselves to beat Trump with overwhelming numbers at the ballot boxes.

As a southern Civil War general said: "Get there firstest with the mostest."

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. Callin bullshit on that!!

[BaronChocula]

8. I second that n/t