FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - A Fulton County judge said he will throw out a case against dozens of protesters accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt construction of a police and firefighter training facility in Atlanta, according to the Associated Press.

What we know:

Judge Kevin Farmer said he does not believe Republican Attorney General Chris Carr had the authority to secure the 2023 indictments under Georgia’s RICO law. Farmer ruled that Carr needed permission from Gov. Brian Kemp to pursue the case instead of leaving it to the local district attorney. Prosecutors conceded they never obtained such an order.

"It would have been real easy to just ask the governor, ‘Let me do this, give me a letter,’" Farmer said. "The steps just weren’t followed."

Five of the 61 defendants were also indi

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