Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis observes a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 1, 2024.
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one Georgia Court of Appeals Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified Thursday from overseeing the prosecution of the president-elect for criminal election interference. Donald Trump and other defendants.
But an appeals court upheld indictments against defendants charged with crimes related to efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia Joe Biden.
The ruling overturned a Fulton County trial court judge’s ruling that allowed Willis to continue the case, even though Trump’s lawyers argued she should be removed because of her romantic relationship with her top prosecutor of choice qualifications.
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