Trump Co-Defendant Wins 3-Month Delay in Georgia Case

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A co-defendant in the sprawling case was granted a win this week.

A Georgia judge on Thursday granted a co-defendant in the Georgia election case that also ensnared former President Donald Trump a three-month delay in his proceedings.

โ€œAll aspects of the caseโ€ will be halted for Sen. Shawn Still, a Republican, until April 18 because heโ€™s a member of the Georgia General Assembly, the judge wrote on Thursday. But โ€œprovisions, including initial reciprocal discovery obligations, remain in placeโ€ for the meantime, the brief order said.

โ€œAdditional extensions will only be considered upon filing of a particularized motion containing a detailed, fact-based explanation of the need for the extension including the amount of time needed,โ€ wrote Judge Scott McAfee.

In the case, Mr. Still was charged in Fulton County, Georgia, for stating that President Trump had won the state and declaring themselves the stateโ€™s โ€œduly elected and qualifiedโ€ electors. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Mr. Still was the secretary of that meeting and is one of only three members of that group who was indicted. He faces seven counts, including the main racketeering charge as well as felony counts of impersonating a public officer, forgery, and attempting to file false documents and false statements and writings, all stemming from the elector meeting.

In arguing that his case should be delayed, Mr. Still wrote to the judge that he needs to perform his duties as a member of the state Legislature.

โ€œAll other provisions, including initial reciprocal discovery obligations, remain in place,โ€ his filing said. โ€œAdditional extensions will only be considered upon filing of a particularized motion containing a detailed, fact-based explanation of the need for the extension, including the amount of time needed.โ€

He was not in public office in December 2020 when the Republican electors met. He was elected in 2022 and is serving his first term.

Previously, Mr. Still and two other electors who were charged in the case alongside the former president attempted to move their charges to a federal court but were denied in September 2023. A district judge wrote in several rulings that Mr. Still, Cathy Latham, and David Shafer could not assert that they were acting as federal officials during the time that the electors document in late 2020.

Byย Jack Phillips

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