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Fani Willis seeks to revive criminal charges in Trump RICO case

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mystery-ak:
Fani Willis seeks to revive criminal charges in Trump RICO case
By
Kaelan Deese
October 16, 2024 4:40 pm
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked the Georgia Court of Appeals to reinstate six criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, as well as ones levied against his co-defendants, in the state’s sweeping election interference case.

The charges were previously dismissed by Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who ruled in March that the defendants had not been provided with enough detail to mount a proper defense. However, McAfee left the district attorney the ability to try to revive the charges.

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The charges in question pertain to allegations that Trump and his co-defendants pressured Georgia officials, including Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, to convene a special legislative session to appoint alternate electors favoring Trump, similar to an argument presented in special counsel Jack Smith’s federal case against the former president.

The dismissed solicitation charges involved “Counts 2, 5, 6, 23, 28, and 38″ of the 41-count indictment and affected Trump, as well as co-defendants Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman, Ray Smith, and Bob Cheeley. Those individuals were part of the racketeering indictment handed up to Willis by a special grand jury in August 2023.

Willis has yet to file an appeal over a separate decision from McAfee in September in which he dismissed “Counts 14, 15, and 27” because they “lie beyond this State’s jurisdiction. All three of those charges involved alleged attempts to file “false documents” in relation to Trump’s alleged bid to overturn the election results in the Peach State.

Trump faces eight felony charges in Georgia, down from the original 13 filed against him.

jafo2010:
Fulton County, a completely corrupt county, would do well to jettison Willis from office.

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