富尔顿县地方检察官法尼·威利斯周四提交了一份上诉通知书,该通知书针对的是3月份的一项裁决佐治亚州选举干预案反对唐纳德·特朗普和其他人。
今年3月,富尔顿县法官斯科特·迈克菲驳回六项指控,称他们缺乏足够的细节。其中包括三项针对特朗普的指控,特朗普在该案中面临13项指控,现在面临10项指控。
上诉通知,也称为交叉上诉,是在上诉法院之后发出的同意接受特朗普和他的共同被告对他们继续努力取消威利斯的案件资格提出上诉。
“州政府在被告最初上诉通知后15天内提交了交叉上诉通知,”周四的文件称。
美国广播公司新闻撰稿人、前检察官克里斯·蒂蒙斯表示,该州基本上有机会上诉,因为上诉法院已经在审理此案,因为它与取消资格问题有关。
蒂蒙斯说:“在这里,因为上诉法院已经受理了此案,州政府不会因交叉上诉而损失什么。”“这个案子不会再拖长时间了。“
去年8月,特朗普和其他18人在一次庭审中对所有指控拒不认罪敲诈勒索罪起诉涉嫌试图推翻佐治亚州2020年总统选举的结果。四名被告随后接受了认罪协议,以换取同意指证其他被告。
前总统抨击地方检察官的调查是出于政治动机。
Fulton County DA to appeal ruling that dismissed 6 counts in Trump's Georgia election case
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Thursday filed a notice of appeal on a March ruling that dismissed six of the counts in theGeorgia election interference caseagainst Donald Trump and others.
In March, Fulton County Judge Scott McAfeedismissed six of the counts, saying they lacked sufficient details. They included three against Trump, who had faced 13 counts in the case and now faces 10.
The notice of appeal, known as a cross appeal, comes after the appeals court alreadyagreed to take upTrump and his co-defendants' appeal over their continued efforts to disqualify Willis from the case.
"The State files this notice of cross appeal within 15 days of the Defendants' initial notices of appeal," Thursday's filing states.
ABC News contributor and former prosecutor Chris Timmons said the state essentially had an open opportunity to appeal, because the Court of Appeals is already looking at the case as it relates to the disqualification issue.
"Here, because the Court of Appeals is already taking the case, the State has nothing to lose from cross appealing," said Timmons. "It won't take any longer for the case to be decided."
Trump and 18 others pleaded not guilty last August to all charges in asweeping racketeering indictmentfor alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia. Four defendants subsequently took plea deals in exchange for agreeing to testify against other defendants.
The former president has blasted the district attorney's investigation as being politically motivated.