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pending motion, which was to be heard next week, was rendered
unnecessary because of a judge's ruling on Monday in an earlier,
similar motion by Trump's team, the lawyers said in a filing on
Thursday in Fulton County Superior Court.
The lawyers also said they intended to appeal Monday's ruling by
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney.
Trump's team had filed the second motion because they said the
first one had been left undecided by the judge for too long.
McBurney denied Trump's request to disqualify the lead
prosecutor, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, block
any potential indictments and throw out a special grand jury
report that included recommendations on who to charge.
The report has remained sealed under McBurney's orders pending
charges in the case, one of many legal troubles Trump faces even
as he campaigns to be the Republican nominee in the 2024 U.S.
presidential election.
Willis has indicated she intends to ask a grand jury to approve
charges sometime in the next three weeks, telling judges that
her staff will mostly work remotely as a safety precaution.
Trump,77, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he
orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss to
Democrat Joe Biden.
It was the third time Trump has pleaded not guilty since April.
Months of pretrial legal wrangling are expected against the
backdrop of the presidential campaign, in which Trump is the
front-runner for the Republican nomination.
Trump previously pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he
retained classified documents after leaving office and New York
state charges that he falsified documents in connection with
hush money payments to a porn star.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Frances Kerry)
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