Trump still faces eight charges in the Georgia election fraud case after a judge threw out two charges on Thursday.
Donald Trump still faces eight counts in his Georgia election fraud case after a judge threw out two charges on Thursday.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled that the two charges brought by District Attorney Fani Willis did not apply in state court, writing that they were «beyond the state jurisdiction and must be quashed.»
Those charges are the filing of false documents and conspiring to file false documents, relating to Trump’s alleged attempts to put forward alternate electors to falsely verify his election victory in Georgia, a swing state that narrowly backed President Joe Biden in 2020.
However, McAfee refused to remove a racketeering charge, one of the most serious on the indictment and one typically reserved for organized crime figures. That count is supported by 161 alleged acts that Trump and his co-defendants are accused of committing to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
For that charge, Trump is charged under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, which this year has been used against a group of rappers and alleged drug dealers operating in the Atlanta area.
