Judge rejects Trump’s bid to get Georgia election subversion case dismissed on free speech grounds
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An Atlanta-area judge upheld the criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump in Georgia Thursday, rejecting the argument that Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election were protected under the First Amendment.
An Atlanta-area judge on Thursday upheld the criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump in Georgia, rejecting the argument that Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election were protected under the First Amendment. This is a breaking story and will be updated.
Attempts by conservatives to purge state voter rolls ahead of the November election, including from Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee, are ramping up, prompting concern from the Justice Department that those efforts might violate federal rules governing how states can manage their lists of registered voters.