Former President Donald Trump has had three charges in his Georgia election case thrown out by the judge considering whether to disqualify Fani Willis.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote Wednesday in an order that six of the charges in the indictment must be quashed, including three against Trump.
But the order leave intact many other charges in the indictment and the judge wrote that prosecutors could seek a new indictment on the charges he dismissed.
The six charges in question have to do with soliciting elected officials to violate their oaths of office.
That includes two charges related to the phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, on Jan. 2, 2021 asking him to ‘find’ 11,780 votes.
‘This does not mean the entire indictment is dismissed,’ said McAfee, who is overseeing the trials of Trump and 18 codefendants.
The counts in question charge defendants with Solicitation of Violating of Oath by Public Officer. Statutes prohibit public officers from intentionally violating the terms of their oath.
Count Two fo the indictment alleges that defendants solicited members of the Georgia Senate to violate their oaths by asking them to appoint ‘fake’ electors for Trump rather than for Joe Biden
, who won the state.
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Former President Donald Trump has had six charges against him in Georgia dismissed by the judge considering whether to disqualify Fani Willis.
