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Fani Willis asks appeals court to reinstate charges against Trump

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17.10.2024

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) has asked a Georgia appeals court to reinstate six charges in her 2020 election subversion prosecution of former President Trump and several of his allies, including three against Trump.

Judge Scott McAfee dismissed the counts, which all relate to alleged efforts to solicit Georgia officials to violate their oaths of office, in March after finding that they lacked sufficient detail about the underlying crime being solicited by the defendants.

The charges dropped against Trump notably included his pressure campaign on Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), including the infamous call in which the former president asked Raffensperger to “find” enough votes — exactly 11,779 — to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state.

The Fulton County district attorney's office wrote in its appeal that the judge "erred" in his decision.

"The indictment more than sufficiently........

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