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Trump moves to toss Georgia criminal case as president-elect
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5022650-trump-toss-georgia-case/President-elect Trump on Wednesday asked to throw out his criminal election interference charges in Georgia following his election victory.
Trump’s two federal indictments have already been tossed, and the former president is attempting to do the same in his New York hush money case.
The new filing aims to similarly toss Trump’s fourth and final criminal case, which accuses him of entering a months-long unlawful conspiracy to overturn President Biden’s 2020 victory in Georgia.
That case has not yet reached trial and for months has remained frozen as an appeals court takes up Trump’s argument that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) should be disqualified over her romance with a top prosecutor on the case, Nathan Wade, who was forced to step aside.
“Accordingly, well before the inauguration of President Trump, this Court should inquire into its jurisdiction to continue to hear this appeal,” wrote Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead attorney in Georgia, in the filing.
Trump’s two federal indictments have already been tossed, and the former president is attempting to do the same in his New York hush money case.
The new filing aims to similarly toss Trump’s fourth and final criminal case, which accuses him of entering a months-long unlawful conspiracy to overturn President Biden’s 2020 victory in Georgia.
That case has not yet reached trial and for months has remained frozen as an appeals court takes up Trump’s argument that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) should be disqualified over her romance with a top prosecutor on the case, Nathan Wade, who was forced to step aside.
“Accordingly, well before the inauguration of President Trump, this Court should inquire into its jurisdiction to continue to hear this appeal,” wrote Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead attorney in Georgia, in the filing.