A Georgia appeals court has ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis cannot oversee the criminal case against former President Donald Trump and others related to alleged election interference in the 2020 Georgia election. While the indictment against the defendants remains in place, Willis's disqualification stems from her romantic relationship with another prosecutor involved in the case.
A Georgia appeals court disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from overseeing the criminal election interference prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump and other defendants. But the appeals court let stand the indictment against the defendants, who are accused of crimes related to their efforts to overturn Trump's loss in Georgia 's 2020 election to President Joe Biden.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. But the Court of Appeals let stand the indictment against the defendants, who are accused of crimes related to their efforts to overturn Trump's loss in Georgia's 2020 election to President The ruling overturns a Fulton County trial court judge's ruling that allowed Willis to remain on the case despite arguments by Trump's attorneys that she should be disqualified due to her romantic relationship with the top prosecutor whom she had picked
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