Judge tosses some counts in Ga. election case against Trump, others

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Trump and others have appealed, and the Georgia Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments in December.
43% : At issue in Thursday's ruling are two counts having to do with the filing of a document with the federal court in Atlanta that declared that Trump had won the state of Georgia and 16 Republicans who signed the document were the "duly elected and qualified electors" from the state.
42% : He conclude that those two counts must be quashed "as beyond the jurisdiction of this State."The third count charges Trump and Eastman with filing false documents, saying they "knowingly and unlawfully" filed a a lawsuit with the federal court in Atlanta while "having reason to know" that the document included at least one "materially false" statement about the 2020 election in Georgia.
41% : "Lawyers for Eastman, Still and other defendants had argued that the Republicans who acted as electors for Trump were within their rights and were acting as provided for by the federal Electoral Count Act.
33% : The case against Trump and others who are appealing an order allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the case is on hold while that appeal is pending.
31% : Steve Sadow, Trump's lead attorney, also celebrated the dismissal of two charges against the former president, saying in an email that Trump and his Georgia legal team "have prevailed once again.
29% : Trump and other defendants tried to get Willis and her office removed from the case, arguing that a romantic relationship she had with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired to lead the case, created a conflict of interest.
25% : The other charges Trump and others, including Eastman, with conspiracy to file false documents.
16% : In the Georgia case -- one of four criminal prosecutions against the Republican presidential nominee -- a grand jury in August 2023 returned a 41-count indictment against Trump and 18 others, accusing them of participating in a wide-ranging conspiracy to illegally try to overturn Trump's narrow loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

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