Judge Scott McAffee, in charge of the open case in Georgia against former president of the United States Donald Trump (2017-2021) for electoral interference, This Thursday he rejected his request to dismiss it.
The magistrate argued that the defense has not been able to demonstrate that his statements and alleged conduct are protected by freedom of expression and he stressed that the court has not found evidence to defend that thesis either.
The Republican's team had relied on the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, which protects the right to freedom of expression.
Trump and 18 other “accomplices” are accused in Georgia of forming a criminal association with the aim of turning around the results of the 2020 presidential elections in that state, which Democrat Joe Biden won.
Trump, despite his legal problems, continues ahead according to several polls
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The charge of criminal association brought forward by District Attorney Fani Willis is the same one that has been used by other prosecutors in the past to break up mafia organizations.
McAffee had already rejected similar requests that other defendants had made in this case trying to rely on the First Amendment.
The trial in Georgia does not yet have a date. The prosecutor stated that she would be ready by August, but the magistrate has not commented.
The first trial against Trump will start on April 15 for payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels.
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Of the four criminal cases against him, The first to start, on April 15, is scheduled to be New York for irregular electoral payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels to buy her silence during the 2016 campaign.
In Washington he also has another open for electoral interference, while in Florida he is accused of taking classified documents from the White House when he left power, which he kept in his Mar-a-Lago mansion.
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