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(ATLANTA) — The Fulton County judge overseeing Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case on Thursday tossed out three more counts in the indictment, two of which the former president was facing.<\/p>\n

The judge, Scott McAfee, previously threw out six counts in the indictment, three of which were against Trump.<\/p>\n

“President Trump and his legal team in Georgia have prevailed once again,” Trump attorney Steve Sadow said in a statement following Thursday’s order. The trial court has decided that counts 15 and 27 in the indictment must be quashed\/dismissed.”<\/p>\n

Trump still faces eight counts in the case. He originally was charged with 13.<\/p>\n

In his ruling Thursday, Judge McAfee dismissed three counts that related to the filing of false documents in federal court — essentially finding that the state did not have the authority to bring charges for alleged crimes committed against the federal government.<\/p>\n

McAfee wrote that those three counts “lie beyond this State’s jurisdiction and must be quashed.”<\/p>\n

The three counts include attempt to commit filing false documents, conspiracy to commit filing false documents, and filing false documents.<\/p>\n

The motion to dismiss was brought by two of Trump’s codefendants, John Eastman and Shawn Still, on grounds related to the supremacy clause.<\/p>\n

In a separate order Thursday, McAfee declined a motion to throw out the top racketeering — or RICO — charge in the indictment, writing that it is “facially sound and constitutionally sufficient as alleged.”<\/p>\n

ABC News contributor Chris Timmons, a former Georgia prosecutor, said that Thursday’s ruling dismissing the charges “is definitely a win for the defense” but that “it’s not a significant victory” because the overall RICO charge remains in place.<\/p>\n

“The actions in federal court can and likely will be brought in at trial as ‘acts in furtherance of the RICO conspiracy’ which don’t need to be crimes,” Timmons said.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Fulton County district attorney’s office told ABC News they were reviewing the order and had no further comment.<\/p>\n

Trump and 18 others pleaded not guilty last year to all charges in a sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia.<\/p>\n

Four defendants subsequently took plea deals in exchange for agreeing to testify against other defendants.<\/p>\n

A Georgia court of appeals paused the case in June pending the resolution of an appeal of the disqualification ruling that allowed District Attorney Fani Willis to stay on the case.<\/p>\n

Oral arguments in that appeal are currently scheduled for Dec. 5, a month after the presidential election.<\/p>\n

The former president has blasted the district attorney’s investigation as being politically motivated.<\/p>\n

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