Georgia judge rejects First Amendment argument in Trump case, man charged for NY Judge and Attorney General death threats

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73% : It should get back to GREATNESS, and FAST!," Trump added.
53% : As previously reported, during the 2020 election, Trump called a Georgia official asking him to "find" 11,780 votes that would have given him a win in Georgia.
47% : Trump said.
42% : Count 23 alleges that multiple Defendants solicited elected members of the Georgia Senateto violate their oaths of office on December 30, 2020, by requesting or importuning themto unlawfully appoint presidential electors;* Count 28 alleges that Defendants Trump and Meadows solicited the Georgia Secretary ofState to violate his oath of office on January 2, 2021, by requesting or importuning him tounlawfully influence the certified election returns; and*
41% : "They do not give the Defendants enough information to prepare their defenses intelligently, as the Defendants could have violated the Constitutions and thus the statute in dozens, if not hundreds, of distinct ways," McAfee added, noting " these pleading deficiencies do not apply to the corresponding overt acts listed in Count 1, specifically, overt acts 23, 42, 55, 102, 112, and 156."The six counts were summarized by the court as follows:* Count Two alleges that multiple Defendants solicited elected members of the GeorgiaSenate to violate their oaths of office on December 3, 2020, by requesting or importuningthem to unlawfully appoint presidential electors;* Count Five alleges that Defendant Trump solicited the Speaker of the Georgia House ofRepresentatives to violate his oath of office on December 7, 2020, by requesting orimportuning him to call a special session to unlawfully appoint presidential electors;* Count Six alleges that Defendants Smith and Giuliani solicited members of the GeorgiaHouse of Representatives to violate their oaths of office on December 10, 2020, byrequesting or importuning them to unlawfully appoint presidential electors;*
33% : Count 38 alleges that Defendant Trump solicited the Georgia Secretary of State to violatehis oath of office on September 17, 2021, by requesting or importuning him to unlawfullydecertify the election.
25% : Pursuant to Georgia law, if Willis is disqualified, a new attorney would take over who would be faced with the decision to proceed with the charges against Trump and co-defendants, or drop the case altogether.
22% : The original August indictment says Trump, Wisconsin native Kenneth Chesebro, and others participated in a wide-ranging scheme to illegally try to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
21% : Trump posted to social media in February attacking the integrity of Georgia's judicial system.
18% : A Fulton County, Georgia judge overseeing the election interference case against Donald Trump and 18 others rejected arguments that the indictment criminalized political speech protected by the First Amendment.
17% : The testimony was paused in the wake of allegations she had an inappropriate relationship with the chief prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case against Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants, including Chesebro.
5% : Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote in his opinion charges do not say Trump is being prosecuted only for making false statements, and instead argue Trump and the others "acted willfully and knowingly to harm the government.

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