Georgia judge drops 2 charges against Trump in election case
Judge Scott McAfee dismissed two counts against Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case Thursday, MSNBC reported.
According to the decision, McAfee ruled state prosecutors didn't have the authority to bring charges related to filing false documents because, they they are crimes in Georgia, they are also federal crimes. He ruled the federal court takes precedence.
One charge deals with Trump signing a certification in a lawsuit against Gov. Brian Kemp around the 2020 election. Trump's signature was to confirm that he "certified or verified that all the facts in there were true as far as he knew it" — though he allegedly knew that they were false, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin explained.
She said another count dealt with documents that had to be mailed in to support the lawsuit filing.
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A key piece of the case is that Trump was allegedly told over and over by those on his team that he lost the election.
Another charge was dismissed against one of Trump's codefendants.
Trump still faces eight charges. He and 14 co-defendants have pleaded not guilty to racketeering and other charges involving an alleged scheme to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia.
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