NEW: 3 Charges Dropped in Georgia RICO Case

The judge in election interference case against Donald Trump and several co-defendants in Georgia has thrown out three counts in the indictment — including two counts brought against the former president. ...

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Judge Scott McAfee wrote in his decision released on Thursday that the counts could no longer be allowed to stand because they involved accusations of perjury or false statements under federal jurisdiction.

"However, because Counts 14, 15, and 27 lie beyond this State’s jurisdiction and must be quashed, the Defendants’ motions to dismiss the indictment under the Supremacy Clause are granted in part," McAfee wrote.

Ed Morrissey

McAfee is still going through other pre-trial motions, and the Court of Appeals is still scheduled to hear an appeal on the ruling to disqualify Fani Willis in December. This case will take months or longer to actually get to trial ... if it ever does at all. 

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