Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attends a campaign event at the Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, Wisconsin on September 7, 2024.
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On Thursday, a judge dismissed two lawsuits against Donald Trump But the top charge and other counts against the former president and other defendants were upheld in a Georgia election interference case.
Fulton County Senior Judge Scott McAfee also dismissed a third count against the Trump ally.
Republican presidential candidate Trump has not been charged with any other crimes.
The ruling leaves in place the overall prosecution of Trump and others, including the most serious charges of violating Georgia’s Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
The indictment alleges that Trump and his allies illegally attempted to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election.Biden In Georgia, it’s part of his broader effort to overturn Biden’s victory in the national White House election.
“President Trump and his legal team in Georgia have scored another victory,” Trump’s attorney Steve Sado said in a statement. “The trial court has decided that Counts 15 and 27 of the indictment The charges must be dismissed/dismissed.”
The two charges McPhee dismissed against Trump and the other defendants were conspiracy to file a false document and filing a false document.
The judge’s third count – Count 14 in the indictment – is the criminal act of attempting to file a false document.
In his decision, McAfee found that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1890 decision in a case called In re Loney preempted “the state’s ability to prosecute perjury and false documents in federal district courts,” so the three counts related to the alleged fasl The application “must be withdrawn”.
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