What happens to the Georgia election interference case if Trump wins the White House?
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will be on a collision course with Donald Trump should he win back the White House this fall.
Polls show Trump with a growing edge over President Joe Biden following the Democrats halting debate performance in Atlanta last month. And Bidens top aides are rushing to contain a swelling discussion within the party about his fitness to stay in the race.
If Trumps momentum holds and he wins another term in the Oval Office, Fultons top prosecutor will be faced with a stark choice of her own. Does she shelve her high-profile case against the Republican until after he leaves office, or trudge forward and risk generating a constitutional fight that is likely to end up at the U.S. Supreme Court?
With no historic precedent for how to handle an incoming president already under indictment, legal experts have been divided on whether a state prosecution could continue if and when Trump is inaugurated. But skepticism spiked after this weeks blockbuster Supreme Court decision, in which the conservative majority ruled that presidents are immune from prosecution for their official acts. That ruling could sink parts of the Fulton County case.
But if Trump wins and shuts down the two federal prosecutions against him, the Georgia case could be the only one left standing, whether Trump is tried in 2025 or 2029.
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