FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is asking the State Court of Appels to reinstate six criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and other co-defendants in the 2020 Georiga election interference case.
The DA's brief, filed on Tuesday, states Willis wants to reinstate charges against Trump, attorney John Eastman, attorney Ray Smith, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, attorney Robert Cheeley and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
"The trial court erred by quashing six counts of the indictment in this case, each of which alleged the crime of Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer," the brief stated. "The indictment included an abundance of context and factual allegations about the solicitations at issue, including when the requests were made, to whom the requests were made, and the manner in which the requests were made."
Back in September, Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee dismissed two additional charges against Trump and 18 others accused of criminally interfering in the 2020 election in Georgia. McAfree previously dismissed six charges, eliminating three of the charges against Trump.
Below is a list of Trump's dismissed charges 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.
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