Judge clears way for Trump to appeal ruling keeping Fani Willis on Georgia 2020 election case
The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case is allowing Donald Trump to appeal a ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the prosecution.
Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday granted a request by defense attorneys to ask the Georgia Court of Appeals to review the judge맥스카지노s decision. It맥스카지노s now up to the appeals court to decide whether the court will hear it.
McAfee in a ruling last week denied the defense맥스카지노s request to disqualify Willis from the case or dismiss the indictment over her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. The judge said Willis can remain on the case as long as Wade resigns, which Wade did on Friday.
But the judge also rebuked Willis for her 맥스카지노tremendous맥스카지노 lapse in judgment and questioned the truthfulness of Wade맥스카지노s and her testimony about the timing of their relationship.
Wade맥스카지노s resignation allowed Willis to remain on the most sprawling of four criminal cases against the presumptive Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential election.
But the long-term damage to the public perception of the prosecution remains unclear, particularly in light of Trump맥스카지노s relentless barrage of attacks on the pair who pledged to hold Trump accountable but found their own actions under a public microscope.
Wade offered his resignation in a letter to Willis, saying he was doing so 맥스카지노in the interest of democracy, in dedication to the American public and to move this case forward as quickly as possible.맥스카지노
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In a social media post, Trump said the 맥스카지노Fani Willis lover맥스카지노 had 맥스카지노resigned in disgrace,맥스카지노 and Trump repeated his assertion that the case is an effort to hurt his campaign to reclaim the White House in November. Trump has denied doing anything wrong and pleaded not guilty.
Attorneys for Trump and the other defendants had said a failure to remove Willis could imperil any convictions and force a retrial if an appeals court later finds it was warranted.
맥스카지노Neither the Court nor the Parties should run an unnecessary risk of having to go through that process more than once,맥스카지노 they wrote.