“The State has alleged more than mere expressions of a political nature. Rather, the indictment charges the Defendants with knowingly and willfully making false statements to public officers and knowingly and willfully filing documents containing false statements and misrepresentations within the jurisdiction of state departments and agencies. The defense has not presented, nor is the Court able to find, any authority that the speech and conduct alleged is protected political speech.”
“Although the Defendants characterize the relevant speech or actions as petitions to Congress regarding the validity of electors which must be afforded constitutional protection, at this stage the Court must consider the method and manner of the criminal enterprise as alleged in the indictment. Having done so, the Court concludes that the Petition Clause’s protections do not extend to the facts presently before the Court,” writes Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee in his order tossing disgraced former President Trump’s bullshit “free speech”-based motion to dismiss.
The fat fuck tried to argue that because the Supreme Court overturned a law criminalizing lying about military service and honors he was entitled to make up whatever bullshit he wanted. So really he just wasted time and legal fees while admitting that he was making false claims.