A judge in Georgia dismissed two criminal charges against former President Donald Trump on Thursday, ruling that prosecutors did not have the authority to bring the charges.
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee ruled that state prosecutors could not file the charges because a U.S. Supreme Court decision “preempts the State’s ability to prosecute perjury and false filings in a federal district court.”
The decision meant that “Counts 14, 15, and 27 must be quashed,” McAfee ruled.
Out of the three counts that were dismissed, two of them were against Trump, including Count 15, Conspiracy to commit filing false documents; and Count 27, Filing false documents.
Trump was not charged with Count 14, Criminal attempt to commit filing false documents, but others in the racketeering case were.
Trump has now defeated five of the original 13 charges he was hit with in District Attorney Fani Willis’ controversial indictment from August 2023.
The other three charges that Trump has beaten includes: Count 5, Solicitation of violation of oath by public officer, Count 28, Solicitation of violation of oath by public officer; and Count 38, Solicitation of violation of oath by public officer.
The charges that remain against Trump include:
- Count 1, Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
- Count 9, Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer
- Count 11, Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree
- Count 13, Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings
- Count 17, Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree
- Count 19, Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings
- Count 29, False statements and writings
- Count 39, False statements and writings
“President Trump and his legal team in Georgia have prevailed once again,” said Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead attorney on the case. “The trial court has decided that counts 15 and 27 in the indictment must be quashed/dismissed.”
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