'Denied': Trump co-defendant loses bid to have 'electors' stricken from indictment

Former Georgia Republican Chair David Shafer's motion was denied Thursday after he asked Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to strike specific phrases from his indictment.

In a hearing last month, Shafer's attorneys pleaded for McAfee to strike the phrases from his RICO indictment for an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The three phrases — "duly elected and qualified presidential electors," "false Electoral College votes," and "lawful electoral votes" — all had to do with the fake electors that conspired to make Donald Trump win Georgia's 2020 presidential election, according to 11 Alive.

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McAfee, however, did not grant the motion.

"The Defendant has not identified a defect or surplusage, prejudicial or otherwise," the judge wrote Thursday.

In his 3-page ruling, McAfee concluded, "Because the Court finds no legal basis to strike this language, the Defendant's claim that certain counts must be dismissed also fails, and the motion is denied."