An appeals court in Georgia Friday unanimously affirmed the dismissals of six counts from the state's election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump and his allies, agreeing with a trial judge that the cases lacked vital details.
"We find that the indictment fails to include enough detail to sufficiently apprise the defendants of what they must be prepared to meet so that they can intelligently prepare their defenses," Judge E. Trenton Brown III wrote in the decision reached by the three-judge panel, reports The Hill.
Three of the charges involved Trump's alleged efforts in 2020 to push Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find the 11,779 votes that would have been needed to overturn President Joe Biden's win.
The six charges that were dropped were connected with alleged efforts to solicit Georgia officials concerning the election, but didn't involve the racketeering count against each defendant.
It also did not involve an appeal Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed after she was disqualified from continuing to oversee the case.
Trump's team early Friday submitted a written opposition to Georgia Supreme Court Willis' request.
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