Georgia judge drops six charges in Trump election interference case
Al Jazeera
The ruling means Trump will face fewer charges, but he is still accused of attempting to overturn 2020 election results.
A Georgia judge has dismissed some of the charges against former United States President Donald Trump and his allies as they face criminal prosecution over alleged election interference in the southeastern state.
Six of the 41 counts in the Georgia indictment will be thrown out, according to a nine-page court filing released on Wednesday.
They includes three counts against Trump although he still faces 10 other counts.
The six dismissed counts all focus on whether Trump and his co-defendants solicited elected officials to violate their oaths of office in their alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential race.
That vote saw Democrat Joe Biden emerge victorious over Trump, the incumbent, with wins in battleground states like Georgia proving pivotal.
