Judge Scott McAffeein charge of the case opened in Georgia against the former president of USA Donald Trump (2017-2021) for electoral interference, rejected this Thursday his request to dismiss it.
The judge alleged that the defense has not been able to demonstrate that their statements and alleged conduct are protected by freedom of expression and stressed that the court has not found evidence to defend that thesis either.
The Republican team had relied on the First Amendment of the Constitution of States Joinedwhich 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 overturning the results of the 2020 presidential elections in that state, which the Democrat won. Joe Biden.
The accusation of criminal association brought forward by the district attorney Fani Willis It is the same one that has been used by other prosecutors in the past to dismantle 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.
Of the four criminal cases against her, the first to begin, on April 15, is scheduled to be in New York for irregular electoral payments to the porn actress. Stormy Daniels to buy his 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. EFE (I)
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