A judge in Georgia has dismissed two criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, but kept the top charge in the election fraud case against him.

• In his Georgia election interference case, two criminal charges were dropped by a judge.
• The ruling maintains the overall accusation that Trump and his accomplices unlawfully attempted to overturn their 2020 election defeat in Georgia, where Biden won.
• In November's election, the Republican presidential nominee, Trump, will go up against the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris, who is currently the vice president.

On Thursday, a judge dismissed two criminal charges against Donald Trump in his Georgia election interference case, but maintained the top charge and other counts against the former president and other defendants.

A third count against several Trump allies was dismissed by Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee.

The other count was not charged against Trump, the Republican presidential nominee.

The ruling maintains the overall accusation against Trump and others, including the most severe charge of violating Georgia's Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Trump and his allies attempted to illegally reverse their loss in the 2020 Georgia election, which was part of their broader effort to overturn Biden's victory in the national election for the White House.

Trump's attorney Steve Sadow stated that President Trump and his legal team in Georgia have won again.

Sadow stated that the trial court has ruled to dismiss counts 15 and 27 from the indictment.

The two charges that McAfee rejected against Trump and other defendants were for conspiring to submit false documents and submitting false documents.

The fourth count in the indictment was for attempting to file false documents.

McAfee ruled that a 1890 Supreme Court decision in In re Loney preempted a state's ability to prosecute perjury and false filings in a federal district court, therefore the three counts related to alleged false filings must be quashed.

In March, a judge dismissed three counts of solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer that had been charged against Trump.

McAfee left the door open for prosecutors to refile charges if they provided additional evidence.

The appeal process has halted proceedings in the case while Trump and other defendants challenge the decision made by McAfee to allow Fani Willis to continue as the lead prosecutor in Fulton County District Attorney's office.

The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on Trump's appeal in December.

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