The judge overseeing the Georgia racketeering case against Donald Trump and his allies has quashed a number of charges related to soliciting officials to violate their oaths of office.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote in an order Wednesday that six of the counts in the original indictment should be removed, though other charges — including racketeering — remain against Trump and five other co-defendants.
The counts quashed include two pertaining to Trump asking Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find election results.
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