(CNN) — The presiding judge in the Georgia criminal case against Donald Trump and his allies has thrown out some of the charges against the former president and several of his co-defendants.
The partial dismissal by Georgia Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee leaves most of the sprawling racketeering indictment intact.
McAfee ruled that six charges in the 41-count indictment related to Trump and some co-defendants allegedly soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer lacked the required detail about what underlying crime the defendants were soliciting.
Trump was named in three of the counts specifically, meaning the former president is now facing 88 charges over the four criminal indictments in Georgia, New York, Washington, DC, and Florida.
The judgment against Donald Trump for the crime of allegedly overclaiming property value to secure loans might not be appealable because Donald Trump cannot afford to pay the required bond. The bond is to secure the $464 million judgment made against him by NY Judge Arthur Engoron.
Trump’s lawyers claimed in the filing, “Defendants’ ongoing diligent efforts have proven that a bond in the judgment’s full amount is ‘a practical impossibility. These diligent efforts have included approaching about 30 surety companies through 4 separate brokers.” They are appealing to the courts for relief.
