“The witch hunt unravels,” commented Donald Trump  when he heard Georgia Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled prosecutors had not properly laid out their legal claims in their indictment against the former president. 

Judge McAfee dismissed six counts from District Attorney Fani Willis, who is facing a motion to be disqualified on her misconduct allegations. 

Judge McAfee at one time worked under Willis in the trial division at the County District Attorney’s office.

Willis’ motivation in the case was stalled by a Jan. 8 motion from co-defendant Michael Roman alleging Willis’ romantic and working relationship with her chief deputy, special prosecutor Nathan Wade, violated Georgia ethics laws and threatened their case.

Although these indictments against Trump and five co-defendants in Atlanta are dismissed, the broader case remains ongoing for now.

The six counts tossed Wednesday were related to the controversial DA’s allegations that Trump and four other high-profile co-defendants, including former lawyer Rudy Giuliani, attempted to influence Georgia elected officials to look closely for voting and elections violations after the controversial 2020 presidential election.

Trump attorney Steve Sadow asked Judge McAfee to remove Willis’ office for forensic misconduct after she made a fiery speech at the Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta in January.

“These assertions by the DA engender a great likelihood of substantial prejudice towards the defendants in the eyes of the public in general, and prospective jurors in Fulton County in particular,” Sadow’s motion said. 

Wednesday’s ruling removes three of the 13 felony counts Willis presented, leaving 10 pending.

All original 19 defendants pleaded not guilty; four have since taken plea deals.

Wednesday’s order also removes some counts against Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, and his former campaign lawyer John Eastman, as well as local Georgia lawyers Robert Cheeley and Ray Smith, who helped arrange meetings in the state.

The defendants argued the now-dismissed counts didn’t fully detail which portions of the U.S. or Georgia constitutions they allegedly failed to uphold.

Meanwhile, Democrat Christian Wise Smith, a former Fulton prosecutor and Atlanta solicitor, launched an election primary campaign challenging Willis.

Republican lawyer Courtney Kramer, an attorney who worked in the Office of the White House Counsel under Trump, joined the race.

Willis and Smith will faceoff on May 21 in the Democratic primary. Kramer is expected to advance, as the GOP nominee, to the general election on November 5. 

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