The Court of Appeals for the State of Georgia agreed on Wednesday to consider former President Donald Trump‘s appeal of a judge’s decision not to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting his sweeping racketeering case.
The appeals court had until May 13 to decide whether to take up the appeal of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s decision to keep Willis on the case, with the caveat that her ex-lover and special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, had to step aside due to the “odor of mendacity” that McAfee said their romantic relationship had on the prosecution.
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Trump is charged alongside 13 others over an alleged conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election results in the Peach State. The former president has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The defendants would like to see the appeals court find that Willis’s relationship amounted to a conflict of interest and have her completely removed from the case. It’s not clear when the appeals court will weigh arguments in the dispute.
This is a developing story and will be updated.