Georgia prosecutor to appeal dismissal of some Trump election case charges

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Source: Reuters

May 23, 2024 5:35 PM EDT Updated an hour ago


WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Georgia prosecutors on Thursday said they would appeal a judge’s ruling dismissing some criminal counts in the 2020 election subversion case against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and several of his allies.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the prosecutor overseeing the case, said a state appeals court's decision to take up Trump’s bid to disqualify her office from the case also allows the court to review other rulings.

The case is one of four criminal prosecutions Trump faces as he seeks to unseat Democratic President Joe Biden in a Nov. 5 election rematch.

Willis indicated she would ask the appeals court to overturn Judge Scott McAfee’s March ruling tossing out six counts, including three against Trump, that accused defendants of soliciting Georgia officials to violate their oaths of office. McAfee said the indictment was not detailed enough to sustain those charges, but left the remainder of the case intact.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/georgia-prosecutor-appeal-dismissal-some-trump-election-case-charges-2024-05-23/

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1. Article opens with a pic of traitortrump, but you can scroll past it quickly.

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3. I have

ad blockers that block most of that stuff out.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Fulton DA's office files its own appeal in Trump Georgia election case

This is a good move. I want to see TFG subject to 91 indictments and not just 88

Link to tweet

https://www.ajc.com/politics/fulton-das-office-files-its-own-appeal-in-trump-election-case/TILJTCOU6RC3LJZEPRBYSVUT5U/

The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday said it is appealing a judge’s order that dismissed six counts from the election interference indictment against former President Donald Trump and others.

In a filing to the Georgia Court of Appeals, the DA’s office challenged an order issued in March by Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who dismissed counts lodged against Trump, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, lawyer John Eastman, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and attorneys Ray Smith and Bob Cheeley. In his nine-page decision, McAfee said those charges lacked sufficient detail.

Under Georgia law, the DA’s office is permitted to bring this challenge — called a cross appeal — because Trump and other defendants are appealing another decision by McAfee. That ruling allowed DA Fani Willis to remain on the racketeering case so long as her former romantic partner, then-special prosecutor Nathan Wade, resigned. By submitting its notice on Thursday, the DA’s office met the filing deadline to pursue the cross appeal, said Atlanta defense lawyer Andrew Fleischman, who is closely following the case.

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4. Awesome news! n/t

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5. Fani Willis is a marathon runner in this case. She's persevered through all the

crap the right wing has thrown at her so far. I just wish like hell there wasn't so much crap in Georgia politics.

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6. I would like to know of a way to support her.

She deserves all our support.