By OAN Staff Member Sofia Flores
Thursday, September 12, 2024 1:25 PM
A Georgia judge dismissed three charges in the indictment, including two that were filed against 45 people.Number President Donald Trump and the so-called “election interference” case.
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Judge Scott McAfee announced Thursday that two counts against the former president and one count against his ally are no longer valid because they involve allegations of perjury or false statements in federal jurisdiction.
“Because counts 14, 15 and 27 are beyond the state's jurisdiction and must be vacated, the defendants' motion to dismiss the indictment under the Supremacy Clause is granted in part,” McAfee wrote.
It was a victory for Republican lawyers, but Judge McAfee allowed the rest of the case, which includes eight charges against Trump, to go forward to trial.
The lawsuit against Trump was first filed on Aug. 14.NumberAs of January 2023, he was named in 13 of the original 41 counts in the indictment.
Authorities in Fulton County, Georgia, allege the former president joined a “criminal enterprise” and “illegally conspired” to change the outcome of the election.
45 peopleNumber The president continues to deny all the charges against him.
The trial was originally scheduled to take place before the election, but was moved to after the election due to a number of allegations and controversies surrounding Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Trump's legal team wants to remove Willis from the case because of her romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade, and after insisting on the witness stand that she was not romantically involved with Wade, she recently appeared with him at the scene of her daughter's arrest and had her car impounded.
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