Judge overseeing Georgia election interference case dismisses some charges against Trump— including infamous ‘find 11,780 votes’ call
The judge overseeing the Georgia election fraud case against Donald Trump — which has been under scrutiny over District Attorney Fani Willis’ one-time romance with the lead prosecutor — has tossed out six criminal charges in the indictment.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dismissed six counts against six defendants — including three against the former president — on the grounds the charges weren’t specific enough.
Most of the case is unaffected by the decision and is still slated to proceed to trial against the presumptive GOP presidential nominee and the 14 other remaining co-defendants accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election result in the Peach State.
McAfee left the door open for prosecutors to refile the dismissed charges alleging the defendants solicited Georgia officials to violate their oaths of office — including Trump’s Jan. 2, 2021, call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which he said, “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have.”
Trump has pleaded not guilty in the case.
Trump lawyer Steve Sadow said the judge “made the correct legal decision.”
“The counts dismissed against President Trump are 5, 28 and 38, which falsely claimed that he solicited GA public officials to violate their oath of office,” Sadow said in a statement to The Post. “The ruling is a correct application of the law, as the prosecution failed to make specific allegations of any alleged wrongdoing on those counts.”
“The entire prosecution of President Trump is political, constitutes election interference, and should be dismissed,” the lawyer added.
This is the first time any charges have been tossed out against the embattled real estate tycoon in any of the four criminal cases he faces — including the New York “hush money” case slated for trial on March 25.
The Georgia case has already been under attack by Trump and other defendants, who are trying to get Willis booted from the case for alleged misconduct connected to her affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
McAfee could rule on whether to disqualify Willis as soon as the end of the week.
Ted Goodman, a political advisor for Rudy Giuliani who is also charged in the Georgia case, lauded McAfee’s decision Wednesday.
“The Court made the correct legal decision on these six counts, and we now look forward to the Court addressing what appears to be major acts of prosecutorial misconduct by both Ms. Willis and Mr. Wade,” Goodman said.
“The sooner this whole show trial is dismissed, the sooner we can restore the rule of law in this country,” Goodman said. “It’s clearly political, and part of a larger effort to interfere with the 2024 presidential election. Thankfully, the American people are waking up to these facts.”
The DA’s office didn’t immediately return a request for comment Wednesday.
With Post wires