Donald Trump, the president-elect elect of the United States, asked a Georgia court of appeals to dismiss the criminal racketeering charges against him in Fulton County. He said that the Constitution prohibits his prosecution as he is going to be inaugurated in January.

In the five-page document, it is stated that a president in office must be “completely protected” from criminal prosecution on a federal or state basis. The five-page filing says that a criminal prosecution at the federal or state level would interfere with a president’s ability perform his duties.

Steve Sadow, a defense attorney, said that any criminal proceedings against a president in office must be dropped under the U.S. Constitution. The [Department of Justice] has already dismissed the two federal criminal cases.

Mr. Sadow mentioned two cases brought forward by Jack Smith, a special counsel who had recently requested that federal courts in Washington, Florida and Florida dismiss indictments relating to the 2020 elections and classified documents discovered at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Estate in Palm Beach Florida.

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The New York judge postponed the sentencing of Mr. Trump for falsifying records. Mr. Trump now wants to get rid his Georgia case.

The filing stated that “President Trump respectfully submitted that upon reaching this decision, this Court should dismiss his appeal due to lack of jurisdiction and direct the trial court immediately to dismiss the indictment” against President Trump.

Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, began investigating Mr. Trump when he called Georgia Secretary of state Brad Raffensperger and asked him to find enough votes in order to reverse Mr. Biden’s electoral victory for 2020 in Georgia.

A grand jury has indicted Donald Trump and his associates for racketeering.

The case hit a major snag. The defense claimed that Ms. Willis was in a romantic relationship, with Nathan Wade, the lead investigator, which resulted in a conflict of interest.

The trial judge allowed Ms. Willis to stay on the case when Mr. Wade left his investigation. However, the defense appealed this decision, which put the case on hold.

Mr. Trump has won the election and is now the President-elect. He can use this leverage to eliminate the criminal cases that he claims are politically motivated.