Former US President Donald Trump
A court in Georgia has dismissed two of the 10 criminal charges against Donald Trump and one other charge against his allies for alleged attempts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee ruled Thursday that the southern state did not have the authority to bring the specific charges related to the alleged filing of false documents in federal court.
Judge McAfee allowed the rest of the case to move forward, including eight charges against Trump, out of the original 13.
Three other charges against Trump were dropped earlier this year after the same judge ruled that the charges lacked detail.
Steven Sadow, a lawyer for Trump, praised the ruling, saying: "President Trump and his legal team in Georgia have prevailed once again."
Judge McAfee said the two dropped charges fell under federal jurisdiction, rather than under Georgia state law.
The dropped charges against Trump include conspiracy to commit false documents and conspiracy to commit forgery.
Two of his co-defendants also had their charges of forgery dropped.
According to the indictment filed in August 2023 by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Trump conspired with 18 other defendants to interfere in the election result.
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