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Six charges against Trump in the Georgia election case are quashed by a judge.

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By jone caryPublished 2 months ago 3 min read
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Six charges against Trump in the Georgia election case are quashed by a judge.
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The lawsuit was upheld despite the judgment that the allegations made against Donald Trump and his friends that they encouraged public officials to disobey the law were not sufficiently precise.

Elie Honig, senior legal analyst for CNN, attacked Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Wednesday following the dismissal of six of Willis's charges in her case pertaining to racketeering against the former president of the United States.

Honig termed it "embarrassing" for her and the other attorneys handling the case, claiming Willis' "screw up" was the reason behind the judge's decision.

While the primary racketeering case against Trump remains "in place," he conceded that the rejection of six counts represents a "setback."

When it was learned earlier this year that she was purportedly involved in an improper relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade, Willis' case against the former president about his alleged attempt to rig the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia was thrown off course. He was one of the prosecutors Willis engaged to work on the Trump case.

She refuted the accusations on the witness stand during a dramatic evidentiary hearing last month as a result of the potential conflict of interest that clouded the case.

Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee struck down six of the state's allegations against Trump on Wednesday, citing in his ruling that the prosecution had not provided enough information to support the allegations of "solicitation of violation of oath by.

Honig described this as a "screwup" on the part of Willis and the prosecutors in an interview with CNN host Jim Acosta. She also added it to the litany of prior "screwups" Willis had made in her case against the former president.

"I don’t think this ruling changes the type of evidence that the DA’s going to be able to introduce, but it does knock out some of the charges and look, it’s embarrassing for prosecutors," he stated. "It’s a screw up by prosecutors when you bring a charge and then a judge throws it out before it even goes to trial."

He also took issue with the DA's actions during the case.

"There have been several screw ups, frankly, by the DA throughout the history of this case," he stated. "Going back to the investigative phase, the DA got herself disqualified from a small piece of the case because she created a political conflict of interest."

"The judge supervising the grand jury dismissed Fani Willis from the case," he said. Six of the charges have now been dropped after Fani Willis made remarks in public at the church and elsewhere that have since been questioned and are believed to have violated prosecutorial ethics."

In contrast to the matter of a conflict of interest, this pertains to the accusations made against the.

She refuted the accusations on the witness stand during a dramatic evidentiary hearing last month as a result of the potential conflict of interest that clouded the case.

Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee invalidated six counts against Trump in the case on Wednesday, claiming in his order that the state failed to allege sufficient information for six counts of "solicitation of violation of oath by public officer." This move severely strained Willis' case against Trump.

Honig described this as a "screwup" on the part of Willis and the prosecutors in an interview with CNN host Jim Acosta. She also added it to the litany of prior "screwups" Willis had made in her case against the former president.

the state failed to allege sufficient information for six counts of "solicitation of violation of oath by public officer." This move severely strained Willis' case against Trump.

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