Appeals court upholds dismissal of some charges against Trump, others in Georgia election case
Source: AP
Updated 2:43 PM EST, January 17, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court has upheld the dismissal of some of the charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in the Georgia 2020 election interference case, as the future of the case remains uncertain.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in March quashed six counts in the indictment, including three against Trump, but he left in place other counts. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appealed that ruling to the Georgia Court of Appeals, which on Friday upheld McAfee’s ruling.
The indictment accused Trump and more than a dozen other people of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to illegally try to overturn Trump’s narrow 2020 presidential election loss in Georgia. But the future of the case is up in the air — the Georgia Court of Appeals last month removed Willis from the case and even if that ruling is overturned, it seems unlikely that a criminal prosecution against Trump could proceed once he’s inaugurated as president for a second time on Monday.
Willis has asked the Georgia Supreme Court to reverse the ruling removing her and her office from the case. Trump’s lawyers argued in a court filing Friday that the Georgia Supreme Court should not hear that appeal.
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