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(129,516 posts) Wed Apr 24, 2024, 07:56 PM Apr 24

Trump Wants 2 Criminal Counts Tossed Out In Georgia Election Case

Source: Forbes

Apr 24, 2024,11:30am EDT


Topline Former President Donald Trump asked a judge in Georgia on Wednesday to dismiss two counts against him for 2020 election interference, arguing the charges should not be tried in state court—as the 2024 GOP presidential nominee faces a string of legal hurdles ahead of the November elections.

Key Facts

  • Trump attorney Steven Sadow asked Judge Scott McAfee to throw out two of Trump’s 13 counts: One count of filing false documents and one charge of conspiracy to file false documents, charges that under Georgia state law make it a crime to “knowingly file, enter, or record any document in a public record or court.”

  • Those charges come with a maximum penalty of five years in prison for conspiracy and up to 10 years for filing a false document.

  • Sadow argued because the document in question—a court filing alleging widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election—was filed at a federal District Court and not at a state court, the allegation “contravenes federal, not state criminal law” and “cannot be prosecuted in state court under a state criminal statute.”

    Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2024/04/24/trump-wants-2-criminal-counts-tossed-out-in-georgia-election-case/?sh=ff6ddba47ef8
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    Trump Wants 2 Criminal Counts Tossed Out In Georgia Election Case (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 24 OP
    "Trump wants..." is breaking news!!! "Biden wants..." is never seen or heard lostnfound Apr 24 #1
    Ironic they ask for this the day the fake Arizona electors are indicted. kimbutgar Apr 24 #2
    So tired of TSF's frivilous filings. All just to disrupt the process and delay things. n/t iluvtennis Apr 24 #3
    Pound sand, Mr. Nuckfugget. lastlib Apr 24 #4
    "Trump Wants"..... Talitha Apr 24 #5

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    1. "Trump wants..." is breaking news!!! "Biden wants..." is never seen or heard
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    Wed Apr 24, 2024, 08:48 PM
    Apr 24

    Except maybe in explanatory notes in paragraph 47… Certainly never in a headline.

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