ATLANTA — For the second time in the case, Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee dismissed more charges against Former President Donald Trump.
Trump and 18 others are accused of criminally interfering in the 2020 election in Georgia.
On Thursday, McAfee dismissed two more charges against Trump and a third that other defendants are facing. Earlier this year, the judge dismissed six charges, eliminating three of the charges against Trump.
Trump was initially charged with 13 counts, but now only eight remain since the dismissal.
Here's a detailed look at each charge that was dismissed and that remains:
Charges dismissed against Trump in Georgia
- Count 5: Solicitation of violation of oath by public officer
- Count 15: Conspiracy to commit filing false documents
- Count 27: Filing false documents
- Count 28: Solicitation of violation of oath by public officer
- Count 38: Solicitation of violation of oath by public officer
The first dismissed charge against Trump, count 15, accused him and several others of unlawfully conspiring to file a fake certificate of votes of the 2020 electors from Georgia. The certificate was later mailed to a federal judge.
That document was filed in Atlanta during the 2020 election, declaring that Trump had won the state of Georgia and 16 Republicans "signed" the document certifying the vote. Three of those 16 Republicans are facing charges in the case
Count 27, the second criminal charge quashed against Trump, accused the former president and his former attorney of filing a document in court that contained at least one false statement about improper votes from people who were dead, underage, convicted felons or not registered.
The charges dismissed earlier this year involved soliciting elected officials to violate their oaths of office. Two charges relate to Trump's phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, on Jan. 2, 2021.
Charges remaining against Trump in Georgia
- Count 1: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
- Count 9: Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer
- Count 11: Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree
- Count 13: Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings
- Count 17: Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree
- Count 19: Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings
- Count 29: False statements and writings
- Count 39: False statements and writings
He still faces the most serious charge, a violation of the Racketeering and Influencing Act. According to Georgia law, if convicted of violating the RICO Act, Trump could face a minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison.
The case against the former president is currently in limbo until a verdict can made in an appeal the former president filed. Oral arguments will start on Dec. 5, keeping the trial from moving forward.