Georgia state Sen. Shawn Still (R) should have charges against him in Donald Trump's election interference case dropped because he only participated in the conspiracy for 26 minutes, an attorney argued Wednesday.
At a Fulton County Superior Court hearing, an attorney for Still told Judge Scott McAfee that his client did not deserve to be included in an indictment with other co-defendants in the case.
"Mr. Still was indicted for his activity on one day and one day only," the attorney said, referring to a meeting of so-called fake electors. "The meeting on December 14, zero beforehand and zero afterwards. The indictment goes to a meeting that he attended that lasted approximately 30 minutes. He has only been charged for his activities as an elector, nothing else."
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"His RICO charge and the eight substantive counts are all with respect to assembling peacefully with other citizens for 26 minutes precisely, listening to information about a lawsuit seeking redress from the government in terms of the outcome of the election," he continued.
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The defense attorney also dismissed Still's role as secretary of the meeting.
"It is mentioned that Sean still was the secretary of the meeting," he explained. "It is clear from the [meeting] transcript at pages 10 to 11 that that was somewhat of a fluke."
The attorney said Still accepted the role of secretary because his name was already printed on meeting paperwork.
"It is noticed that his name erroneously is on the documents as the secretary of the meeting," he said. "The chairman of the meeting, Mr. [David] Shafer, makes a motion for him to be named as secretary."
"That motion passes," he added. "He accepts the position as secretary, and the balloting starts."
"That's how he became secretary, so they did not need to reprint the paperwork that was being shown at that meeting."
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