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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has denied former President Donald Trump's motion to dismiss the Georgia election interference case on First Amendment grounds.

A judge has denied a motion from former President Trump seeking to have his Georgia election interference case dismissed based on First Amendment challenges.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee previously rejected similar First Amendment challenges from other defendants in the Georgia case.

The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others rejected arguments by the former president that the indictment seeks to criminalize political speech protected by the First Amendment.

A Georgia judge on Thursday rejected a bid from former President Donald Trump seeking to dismiss criminal charges filed against him in connection with the 2020 presidential election, according to multiple reports.

Two separate rulings on Thursday went against the former president.

Trump’s Presidential Records Act argument could be resurrected at trial even as the judge denied his motion to dismiss

The allegations that the speech in question was made in "furtherance of criminal activity," McAfee finds, are credibly made.

Judge Aileen Cannon denies former President Donald Trump’s motion to have criminal charges dropped in the classified documents case on the grounds that the Presidential Records Act (PRA) permitted him to keep them in his home after leaving the White House.

Trump’s attorneys argued that all the charges against him involved political speech that is protected even if the speech ends up being false.