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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : But McAfee did leave open the possibility that Trump and others could raise similar arguments "at the appropriate time after the establishment of a factual record.
42% : U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote in December that "it is well established that the First Amendment does not protect speech that is used as an instrument of a crime."No trial date has been set for the sprawling Georgia case, one of four criminal cases pending against Trump as he seeks to return to the White House, though Willis has asked for the trial to begin in August.
38% : (Dennis Byron/Hip Hop Enquirer via AP)Steve Sadow, Trump's lead attorney in Georgia, said in an email that Trump and the other defendants "respectfully disagree with Judge McAfee´s order and will continue to evaluate their options regarding the First Amendment challenges."
36% : Trump and the others who remain have pleaded not guilty.
32% : McAfee's order echoes an earlier ruling in the federal election interference case against Trump brought by Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith.
29% : Lawyers for Trump argued in a court filing that the charges against him in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that is protected by the First Amendment.
24% : The charges do not suggest that Trump and the others are being prosecuted simply for making false statements but rather that they acted willfully and knowingly to harm the government, he wrote.
21% : The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others rejected on Thursday arguments by the former president that the indictment seeks to criminalize political speech protected by the First Amendment.
14% : The indictment issued in August by a Fulton County grand jury accused Trump and 18 others of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to illegally try to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia after the Republican incumbent narrowly lost the state to Democrat Joe Biden.

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