Judge rejects Trump’s bid to get Georgia election subversion case dismissed

An Atlanta-area judge on Thursday upheld the criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump in Georgia

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rejecting the argument that Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election were protected under the First Amendment.

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The decision comes as some of Trump’s fellow defendants consider seeking a gag order against Willis

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McAfee’s refusal to scrap the indictment comes as the free speech defense has repeatedly fallen short in pretrial wrangling

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After interpreting the indictment’s language liberally in favor of the State as required at this pretrial stage

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the Court finds that the Defendants’ expressions and speech are alleged to have been made in furtherance of criminal activity

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McAfee previously rejected similar First Amendment challenges from other defendants in the Georgia case

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The Fulton County district attorney’s office declined to comment on Thursday’s order from McAfee.

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Trump’s Georgia lawyer Steve Sadow said in a statement that Trump and other defendants “respectfully disagree”

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Donald Wakeford, a Fulton County prosecutor, said the First Amendment arguments should be heard by a jury rather than decided in pre-trial motions

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