Former US president and his one-time personal lawyer Rudi Giuliani still face 10 charges each in ongoing case
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Rome, Georgia, US on March 9th. Photograph: Nicole Craine/The New York Timesand his allies in the sprawling Georgia election interference case, including one related to a call that Mr Trump made to pressure Georgia’s secretary of state in early January 2021.
The ruling was not related to a defence effort to disqualify Fani Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, who is leading the case. A ruling on that matter, which has made headlines for weeks after it was revealed that Willis had engaged in a romantic relationship with another prosecutor, is expected by the end of the week.
“These six counts contain all the essential elements of the crimes but fail to allege sufficient detail regarding the nature of their commission,” Mr McAfee wrote in his ruling. “They do not give the defendants enough information to prepare their defences intelligently, as the defendants could have violated the constitution and thus the statute in dozens, if not hundreds, of distinct ways.”Mr Trump and his former personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, had faced the most charges, at 13 apiece.