Georgia judge dismisses six charges

[Ombligo]

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dismissed six of the counts in the indictment, including three against Trump. But he left in place other charges, and he said prosecutors could seek a new indictment on the charges he dismissed.

The six charges in question have to do with soliciting elected officials to violate their oaths of office. That includes two charges related to the phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-oversee...49089.html

[Speedy]

Willis simply needs to refile stating in better terms the exact nature of the charges so that Trump’s defense team can more easily defend him. I hope she does.

[jonny]

She absolutely should.

[wurm]

That includes two charges related to the phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger

I certainly hope these are among those sticking.

[timg]

Supposedly the charges were not specific enough. they will need to go back to the grand jury to update the indictment for those i think.

[Speedy]

timg wrote:
Supposedly the charges were not specific enough. they will need to go back to the grand jury to update the indictment for those i think.

Yep. Let’s hope Willis does just that.

[gabester]

Refile, and toss in a few more charges...

But what does this mean for the 91 indictments? Are we back down to 85?

[Tiangou]

“The ruling is a correct application of the law, as the prosecution failed to make specific allegations of any alleged wrongdoing on those counts,” Trump attorney Steve Sadow said...

Strongly supporting the inference that the charges that were not dropped were substantive.

[vision63]

Speedy wrote:
[quote=timg]
Supposedly the charges were not specific enough. they will need to go back to the grand jury to update the indictment for those i think.

Yep. Let’s hope Willis does just that.
This is good. These things should be dealt with now to avoid issues on appeal.

[Ca Bob]

The judge points out that there is lots of evidence, but the prosecution needed to have specified specific felony statutes, or something like that.

I wonder if we all might be better off if the prosecution just lets it go so that it can hold the trial as soon as possible. They have plenty of indictments -- enough for all the defendants -- and if the jury were going to find guilty on the ones that are now gone, then they will also probably find them guilty on the remainder.

I wonder if the lost charges could be filed after the remainder have been decided on?