Georgia Judge Dismisses Two Charges in Trump's Election Interference Case | Firstpost America

and now from the political battles of the campaign Trail to Trump's ongoing legal battles a Georgia court on Thursday dismissed two criminal charges in the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump fton County Judge Scott McAfee ruled that state prosecutors lack the authority to bring charges related to the alleged filing of false documents in federal court these charges were part of a broader case accusing Trump and his allies of attempting to overturn the results of Georgia's 2020 president presidential election the decision also saw the dismissal of one additional charge against Trump's codefendants including Attorney John Eastman and Georgia state senator Shan still however the judge allowed the remaining charges against Donald Trump to move forward including eight counts that the former president still faces Donald Trump along with 14 other codefendants have all plad not guilty to rord tearing and related charges prosecutors alleged that Trump and his codefendants were part of a conspiracy to illegally overturn the former president's narrow loss in Georgia during the 2020 election in response to Georgia Court's latest decision Donald Trump's lawyer Steve sadal said that the ruling demonstrated Trump and his legal team had quote unquote prevailed once again however despite the dismissed charges the racketeering charge perhaps the most significant part of the case Still Remains the case though is currently on hold as Georgia appeals court considers whether fton County district attorney fonny Willis should be disqualified Donald Trump's legal team argued that Willis engaged in misconduct due to a past romantic relationship with a former top Deputy as the former president continues to campaign for the White House the Georgia case remains one of several legal battles Trump continues to [Music] fight across continents one powerful new [Applause] source bringing you diverse perspectives on the issues that [Music] matter we go beyond the boundaries to give you that little extra about every sporting [Music] moment so thank you for for making first post 5 million strong we're counting on your support and you can trust us to bring you the news unfiltered and un [Music] [Music] banished off of today the T20 World Cup bang move across to the West can you expect this hello I'm Al coming to you from South Africa today we have a special start with a report on India nuclear the first time hello and welcome to First P America I'm Eric ham coming to you live from the nation's capital in Washington DC for

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