2 Georgia senators propose changing Georgia law to void Trump's charges – Atlanta News First
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Two state senators want to void the racketeering charges now faced by former President Donald Trump.
CNN is reporting state Sens. Brandon Beach (R-Alpharetta) and Colton Moore (R-Trenton) want to amend Georgia’s RICO statute to prohibit racketeering charges related to certain offenses, including those now facing the nation’s 45th president.
The legislation would be retroactive and therefore apply to Trump’s case.
In August 2023, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ indictments allege Trump and his allies suggested Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger could find enough votes for him to win the battleground state; harassed an election worker who faced false claims of fraud; and attempted to persuade Georgia lawmakers to ignore the will of voters and appoint a new slate of electors favorable to Trump.
Beach’s and Moore’s attempts are the latest effort among Georgia GOP lawmakers to sanction Willis and her office for what they allege are retaliatory political strikes against Trump.
On Friday, the state Senate approved a special committee that Republican senators said is needed to determine whether Willis misspent state tax money in her prosecution of Trump and others.
The committee, which doesn’t require approval by the state House or Gov. Brian Kemp, is tasked with making recommendations on state laws and spending based on its findings. But the committee can’t directly sanction Willis, and Democrats denounced it as a partisan attempt to try to play to Trump and his supporters.
On Monday, Georgia House members passed a bill reviving a commission with powers to discipline and remove prosecutors, a move Democrats warn is aimed at disrupting Willis’ prosecution.
Though Kemp signed legislation last year creating the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, it was unable to begin operating after the state Supreme Court in November refused to approve rules governing its conduct. Monday’s measure removes the requirement for Supreme Court approval.
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