Court halts Georgia Trump election case until DA Fani Willis appeal decided
Fulton County’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump may have ground to a halt Wednesday as the state Court of Appeals issued an order staying any further work until it decides whether District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified.
This means that Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who had planned to move forward on the case, may have to wait until it is sent back to him. The appeals court is considering whether to remove Willis and her office from the case because of her romance with the outside attorney she hired as a Trump special prosecutor. The court is also weighing an appeal by the DA’s office which wants to reinstate six of the criminal counts in the racketeering indictment which McAfee dismissed.
The order is the latest setback for the Georgia case, which at one point seemed like it could be could the first of the four Trump criminal prosecutions to go to trial.
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Meanwhile in Georgia the battle over Willis’ conduct has helped to delay the case against Trump and his 14 remaining co-defendants for months.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/court-halts-georgia-trump-case-until-willis-appeal-decided/AZSP2QI3BRAXFGPUXCFYAOCJKE/
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