Former President Donald Trump asked Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to throw out the Georgia election subversion case against him on Thursday, but the judge said no.
The people who work for Trump tried to say that the claimed attempts to change the results of the 2020 election were protected by the First Amendment. The judge did not agree.
CNN said McAfee wrote, "The defense has not presented, and the Court is unable to find, any authority that the speech and conduct alleged is protected political speech."
CNN's Sara Murray, Jason Morris, and Zachary Cohen also said that this new move in Trump's legal case brings the RICO trial one step closer, though McAfee did not set a date in his most recent court order. Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County, said she was ready to go to trial in August.
Last month, McAfee dropped six RICO charges against Trump and some of his co-defendants, as well as three charges against Trump himself. This reduced the number of criminal charges against him from 91 to 88. "The claims that the defendants tried to get GA officials to break their oaths were not detailed enough," McAfee said.
Before the arrest last August, Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The people who work for Trump tried to say that the claimed attempts to change the results of the 2020 election were protected by the First Amendment. The judge did not agree.
CNN said McAfee wrote, "The defense has not presented, and the Court is unable to find, any authority that the speech and conduct alleged is protected political speech."
CNN's Sara Murray, Jason Morris, and Zachary Cohen also said that this new move in Trump's legal case brings the RICO trial one step closer, though McAfee did not set a date in his most recent court order. Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County, said she was ready to go to trial in August.
Last month, McAfee dropped six RICO charges against Trump and some of his co-defendants, as well as three charges against Trump himself. This reduced the number of criminal charges against him from 91 to 88. "The claims that the defendants tried to get GA officials to break their oaths were not detailed enough," McAfee said.
Before the arrest last August, Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.
