By Jared Eggleston
/ CBS News
Trump, Harris back on campaign trail
A Georgia judge dismissed two counts Thursday against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case.
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee said the two counts fall under federal jurisdiction. Both counts deal with conspiracy and filing false documents. Five counts of the original indictment against Trump have now been dismissed. Three were dropped earlier this year by Judge McAfee, who ruled that the charges lacked detail. Trump now faces eight remaining counts in the case, out of the original 13.
Trump’s lawyers said in a statement, “President Trump and his legal team in Georgia have prevailed once again.”Â
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who brought the charges against Trump, declined to comment.
Three lawyers and a bail bondsman involved in the post-election effort have pleaded guilty.
In August 2023, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Trump and 18 associates for election fraud, racketeering and other charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment said the defendants in the case “refused to accept that Trump lost, and they knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of Trump.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Jared Eggleston is a digital journalist/associate producer at CBS News. Based in Atlanta, he covers a variety of stories from across the region.
