Judge rejects Trump's effort to dismiss Georgia election case
Trump's attorneys argued First Amendment grounds A judge in Georgia has rejected former President Donald Trump's attempt to dismiss the state's election subversion case against him on First Amendment grounds. The case was brought before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who stated that the former president's statements questioning the results of the 2020 presidential election constituted speech protected under the First Amendment. McAfee stated that after extensive briefing and counsel arguments, the court found that the actions and statements alleged by the state did not violate First Amendment rights.
Pubblicato : 4 settimane fa di Justin Tasolides in Politics
A judge in Georgia has rejected former President Donald Trump's efforts to dismiss the state's election subversion case against him on First Amendment grounds.
Trump's attorneys last week argued before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee that the indictment against the former president should be dismissed, contending that his "calling into question" the results of the 2020 presidential election consituted speech protected under the First Amendment.
"After considering the extensive briefing, the argument of counsel, and the indictment, the Court finds these vital constitutional protections do not reach the actions and statements alleged by the State," McAfee wrote in his order. "Nor do the statutes themselves facially violate the First Amendment."
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