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Georgia Judge Dismisses Charges Against Trump in Election Fraud Case
A Georgia judge has dismissed three counts against former US President Donald Trump and his co-defendants, who were accused of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state. The dismissed charges related to the filing of fake elector certificates with a federal court, stating that Trump had won the election in Georgia, despite his loss to Democrat Joe Biden by around 12,000 votes.
Judge Scott McAfee of the Fulton County Superior Court dismissed the charges, citing the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, which states that state law must yield to federal law when the two conflict. Trump had been charged with filing false documents and conspiring to file false documents.
Although three charges were dismissed, McAfee declined to quash the entire indictment, which accuses Trump and his allies of racketeering and other offenses. The Georgia case has been frozen by an appeals court until it hears a bid by Trump and his co-defendants to disqualify Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney who brought the charges.
The evidence in the case includes a taped phone call in which Trump asked a top Georgia election official to “find” enough votes to reverse the result. Trump now faces a total of eight felony counts in Georgia, following the dismissal of three charges.
Trump’s legal team has appealed the decision, and the Georgia Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments in December. Until then, the two counts against Trump of filing false documents will not be dropped.
It’s worth noting that Trump has been facing other legal challenges, including a separate criminal case in New York, where he was convicted in May of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star who alleged they had a sexual encounter.
