A judge in Georgia dismissed two criminal charges against former President Donald Trump on Thursday, ruling that prosecutors did not have the authority to bring the charges.
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee ruled that state prosecutors could not file the charges because a U.S. Supreme Court decision “preempts the State’s ability to prosecute perjury and false filings in a federal district court.”
The decision meant that “Counts 14, 15, and 27 must be quashed,” McAfee ruled.
Out of the three counts that were dismissed, two of them were against Trump, including Count 15, Conspiracy to commit filing false documents; and Count 27, Filing false documents.
Trump was not charged with Count 14, Criminal attempt to commit filing false documents, but others in the racketeering case were.
Trump has now defeated five of the original 13 charges he was hit with in District Attorney Fani…
