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An appeals court in Georgia has sided with President-Elect Donald Trump and dismissed six charges in his ongoing 2020 election interference case.
Some shit you should know before you read: Back in 2022, President-Elect Donald Trump was indicted in Georgia along with 18 others in a case alleging efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results. The charges, brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, accuse Trump of pressuring Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” 11,780 votes, lobbying state officials to appoint alternate electors, and engaging in a broader conspiracy that violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Trump has vehemently denied the allegations, calling them a politically motivated “witch hunt” aimed at derailing his 2024 presidential campaign. The case has been further mired in controversy after Willis was disqualified from prosecuting it due to an “appearance of impropriety” linked to her relationship with a special prosecutor, raising questions about the fairness and impartiality of the proceedings.

What’s going on now: In a ruling handed down by Georgia’s Court of Appeals, six charges in the 2020 election interference case against President-elect Trump and his allies were dismissed due to insufficient detail in the indictment. These charges included allegations that Trump and others solicited Georgia officials to violate their oaths of office, such as Trump’s phone call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger urging him to “find” 11,780 votes and efforts to pressure then-House Speaker David Ralston to call a special session to appoint alternate electors. The court agreed with a lower court’s earlier decision that the charges failed to provide enough specifics to allow the defendants to prepare their defenses adequately. These dismissed counts do not affect the central RICO charges, which remain the cornerstone of the broader indictment alleging a coordinated effort to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.
Meanwhile, Trump’s legal team is seeking to block an appeal from Fani Willis, who was disqualified from the case by the Georgia Court of Appeals due to an “appearance of impropriety” tied to her relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she hired to work on the case. Willis has asked the Georgia Supreme Court to reverse her disqualification, arguing that it was based solely on perception rather than any concrete conflict of interest or misconduct. Trump’s lawyers are pushing back, arguing that the appeals court ruling was correct and that Willis’ disqualification is necessary to preserve the integrity of the judicial process.
If the Georgia Supreme Court upholds her removal, a new prosecutor will need to be appointed, leaving the future of the case uncertain.