Georgia Judge Scott McAfee Dismisses 3 Charges Against Trump

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🗓️ 15 March 2024

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Summary

Judge Scott McAfee, who's presiding over the Georgia state RICO prosecution, granted a defense motion to dismiss six of the charges in the indictment, including three of the charges against Donald Trump. Judge McAfee ruled there wasn't enough specificity in the indictment regarding the precise nature of the crimes being charged. However, the judge told prosecutors - they can cure the technical defect in the indictment by re-indicting the charges with greater specificity. Glenn reviews the law surrounding charging with specificity and Judge McAfee's ruling.

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0:00.0	It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and MS NBC analyst Glenn Kirchner. Judge Scott McAfee has granted a motion to dismiss six of the charges in the Georgia
0:21.1	RICO indictment including three against Donald Trump.
0:24.3	Glenn says this development is not as bad as you might think.
0:28.3	So friends, today we saw some pretty dramatic headlines didn't we headlines like
0:35.9	Judge in Georgia dismisses some criminal charges against Trump tosses some counts out,
0:43.4	quashes charges against Donald Trump
0:47.5	and some of his RICO co-defendants,
0:51.0	and, indeed, three of the 13 criminal charges against Donald Trump were
0:57.6	dismissed by Judge McAfee the judge presiding over Donald Trump's RICO prosecution in Georgia.
1:05.0	But here's what's important.
1:08.0	They were dismissed for some technical deficiencies in the language of the indictment.
1:16.3	Here's something more important.
1:18.9	The RICO charge, the most serious charge
1:21.7	against Donald Trump, and nine other charges were not
1:25.8	dismissed and here is perhaps what's most important of all these charges that were just dismissed by Judge McAfee can be
1:36.3	reindicted to correct the deficiency. Here is some of the new reporting. This from NBC News headline, Judge in
1:47.3	Georgia Election Interference case dismisses three counts against Trump. And that article begins, the judge presiding over
1:56.0	the election interference case in Georgia has dismissed some of the
2:00.4	criminal counts against former President Donald Trump.
2:04.0	In a ruling Wednesday, Judge Scott McAfee found that six of the counts in the indictment against Trump and some of his co-defendants, including his former chief of staff
2:15.0	Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani, lacked sufficient detail. The judge
2:21.4	left open the possibility that prosecutors could refile the counts.
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