Sidney Powell and another MAGA lawyer lose bid to dismiss Georgia criminal charges

Pro-Trump attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell have been smacked down by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in their motions to have the charges against them dismissed, reported Lawfare's Anna Bower on Tuesday.

In an order released on Tuesday, McAfee said that further deliberation on the matter wasn't necessary, and the case against the motions is open and shut.

"Having the benefit of the parties' extensive written responses and replies, the Court finds oral argument unnecessary for the demurrers," wrote McAfee, adding that each charge they are challenging is "facially sound as alleged."

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Chesebro and Powell have both been accused by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as being players in the Georgia election racketeering case, where they have been charged along with former President Donald Trump and 16 other co-defendants.

According to prosecutors, Chesebro drafted a controversial memo outlining an illegal strategy for overturning the 2020 presidential election, while Powell was involved in the breach of elections equipment in Coffee County. Both deny any criminal wrongdoing.

McAfee already severed Chesebro and Powell's trial from the rest of the defendants, after they invoked their speedy trial rights.