by The Politics Brief News Staff at The Politics Brief
The Fulton County Superior Court clerk’s office asserted that an indictment of former President Donald Trump, which appeared on the court’s website before the grand jury’s decision, was mistakenly uploaded during a system test. This clarification came via an official statement from the office.
On Monday, a document detailing 13 charges against Trump briefly appeared on the court’s website. It was first identified by Reuters and was soon taken down. By Tuesday, once the indictment against Trump and 18 co-defendants was officially disclosed and unsealed, the court clerk claimed that the early release of the document was unintentional and happened during a system trial.
“In anticipation of issues that arise with entering a potentially large indictment, County Courts Clerk Ché Alexander used charges that pre-exist in Odyssey to test the system and conduct a trial run. Unfortunately, the sample working document led to the docketing of what appeared to be an indictment, but which was, in fact, only a fictitious docket sheet,” the press release said…
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