Donald Trumpscored a legal victory Thursday when a Georgia judge narrowed the state’s criminal case against the former president over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dismissed three counts in the sprawling racketeering case against more than a dozen defendants, including two against Trump. The former president still faces eight charges.
McAfee ruled the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution barred state prosecutors from pursuing charges that the defendants filed false documents over so-called fake electors. That part of the case “lies beyond this state’s jurisdiction and must be quashed,” McAfee ruled ...
