Georgia Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case, has thrown out six charges against the former president warning that they were too generic.
From Politico:
The ruling affects three of the 13 felony counts Trump faces in the case, though not the central charge of a racketeering conspiracy aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state. Several of the dismissed counts do not involve Trump but instead apply to some of his most prominent co-defendants, including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Mark Meadows.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee emphasized that prosecutors may refile the charges with greater detail or appeal his ruling.
However, McAfee found that as written, the allegations that Donald Trump and several allies solicited Georgia officials to violate their oaths of office — in part by sending false electors to Congress — were too generic.
“The lack of detail concerning an essential legal element is … fatal,” McAfee wrote.
I think Judge McAfee's decision is correct. I also note that he acknowledges a crime based in the solicitation of a violation of oath is complicated further by the federal constitution having a different structure and tradition from the Georgia Constitution. The DA needs details. pic.twitter.com/k7kEdxsV3Z
— Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) March 13, 2024
More over at Politico:
Judge tosses six charges in Trump Georgia indictment https://t.co/IfhunQwWYS
— POLITICO (@politico) March 13, 2024
