Trump’s Georgia Case is Officially on Hold, Could Fani Willis Get Removed With Frei and Holloway?
Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case is on indefinite hold until after the former president’s appeal to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is decided, a Georgia court ruled Wednesday.
The Georgia Court of Appeals issued a one-page ruling to pause the criminal proceedings, likely delaying any criminal trial until after this year’s election in which Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee.
Oral arguments in the appeal are scheduled for Oct. 4.
“The proceedings below in the Superior Court of Fulton County are hereby stayed pending the outcome of these appeals,” the appeals court ruling stated with the names of nine defendants including Trump.
Trump and eight of his co-defendants filed the appeal on May 8 to get Willis removed from the case over her romance with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she appointed, claiming both Willis and Wade benefited financially and professionally from prosecuting the case.
The appeal followed Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling on March 20 that the case could move forward and that Willis would remain as prosecutor. McAfee said the defense failed to prove that Willis financially benefitted from her relationship with Wade but the “appearance of impropriety” meant one of them would have to leave the case. Wade resigned after the ruling.
