Trump Wants 2 Criminal Counts Tossed Out In Georgia Election Case [View all]

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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.”

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