A Georgia judge dropped two counts against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case on Thursday.
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee said the two counts fall under federal jurisdiction which is a massive win for Trump's attorneys and could have big implications for Trump's other indictments in New York and Florida.
This decision brings up the total dropped charges against Trump in Georgia to five with eight more to go.
Trump's lawyers responded to Judge McAfee's decisions with a simple statement saying "President Trump and his legal team in Georgia have prevailed once again."
This decision is the latest defeat for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis who brought the indictment against Trump and declined to comment on Judge McAfee's decision to chip away at more of her charges.
The case against Trump brought by Fani Willis was always a politically motivated mess that conservative legal experts predicted would fail in a fair court.
Willis's case has been on pause for months thanks to a massive conflict of interest scandal involving Willis and her "ex-lover" prosecutor Nathan Wade who may not be Willis's ex-lover after all.
The Georgia Court of Appeals is currently reviewing an appeal from Trump on McAfee's ruling allowing Willis to continue prosecuting the case despite having Wade as her lead prosecutor while being in a relationship that created a massive financial conflict of interest.
Willis lied about the relationship when one of Trump's co-defendants sought to have her removed from the case.
Eventually, a mountain of evidence emerged showing that Willis was engaged in an illicit relationship and Willis was forced to choose between staying on the Trump case or Wade resigning as Judge McAfee made it clear both couldn't be on the case.
When Willis brought this indictment against Trump, the goal was to secure a conviction before the 2024 presidential election. However, thanks to her absolute bungling of this already long-shot case, this case won't be concluded until long after the election.
The Georgia Appeals Court will begin hearing arguments to remove Willis in December and must make a ruling by March 2025. This means that Trump will not face a trial until after the election and should he win the election, the case could be outright dismissed.
This indictment against Trump has revealed the power of leftist district attorneys to create dangerous political prosecutions. Willis assembled a grand jury of people who likely hated Trump, put together a legally dubious case that appealed to the jury's uninformed grievances, and got the jury's decision which allowed her to prosecute Trump.
This same method could be duplicated by Republican district attorneys against Democrats. The downside is these cases won't make it past an impartial judge who rules on the law like Judge McAfee has so far.
