A judge held a hearing Thursday to examine former President Donald Trump’s argument that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s case against him in Georgia should be dismissed because Trump’s actions cited in her indictment were protected by the First Amendment.
Judge Scott McAfee heard arguments from both Trump’s attorney and prosecutors about the matter, but the judge gave no indication as to where he stood on it or when he would issue a decision.
Trump’s attorney Steve Sadow urged McAfee to consider that Willis’s indictment, in which she alleged Trump violated Georgia’s racketeering law by illegally conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, was “ripe” for a First Amendment challenge.
McAfee had already denied similar motions brought by co-defendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, determining that dismissing the indictment on First Amendment grounds at
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