Fulton County DA Fani Wilis wants the Georgia Appeals Court to turn down a Trump attempt to knock her off the Trump criminal case after the trial judge on the case ruled to keep her there,…
Trump ‘s attorneys have made it clear they are trying to stall the criminal proceedings….
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) asked a Georgia appeals court Monday not to reconsider a trial judge’s ruling allowing her to continue overseeing the election interference case against former President Trump and several allies.
Judge Scott McAfee ruled last month that Willis’s previous romance with ex-special prosecutor Nathan Wade created an appearance of conflict. However, he allowed Willis to remain on the case after Wade resigned…..
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“There is simply no trial court error to be found in the decision to deny disqualification,” Willis’s office wrote Monday. “Days of evidence and testimony failed to disclose anything like a calculated pre-trial plan designed to prejudice the defendants or secure their convictions. The applicants have not identified any public statement injecting the District Attorney’s personal belief as to the defendants’ guilt or appealing to the public weighing of evidence.”
However, Trump and his co-defendants assert the romance — and other actions by Willis — amount to more. After McAfee greenlighted their appeal, the defendants filed an application with the state appeals court urging it to take up the case….