Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has won her reelection bid. The Georgia prosecutor brought charges against former President Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Willis had just endured a lengthy legal soap opera after lawyers for one of the defendantsfiled a motionon Jan. 8 alleging that she had a clandestine romantic relationship with outside lawyer Nathan Wade, whom she had tapped to lead the case. Over two months ofwithering testimonyandlegal argum...
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump said the district attorney in the Georgia election interference prosecution should be removed from the case.
Willis' response comes after one of Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia election conspiracy case leveled allegations against her earlier this month. Michael Roman, a former Republican National Committee staffer and Trump campaign official, alleged that Willis had animproper relationshipwithWade, paid ...
That admission and Yeartie’s testimony together threaten to undermine the prosecutors’ credibility and upend the case against Trump and others. If Willis were disqualified, a council that supports prosecuting attorneys in Georgia would find a new attorney to take...
What’s been holding up the case is the disqualification appeal. The trial judge, Scott McAfee,ruled in Marchthat Willis could stay on the case if special prosecutor Nathan Wade, with whom she had a romantic relationship, stepped down. Wade did so, but Trump and co-d...
District Attorney Fani Willis took the stand to defend her reputation and save her election interference case against former President Donald Trump as defense attorneys try to get her kicked off. NBC’s Laura Jarrett reports for TODAY.Feb. 16, 2024...
The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must be removed from the 2020 election case against President-elect Donald Trump.
A Georgia appeals court has removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the election interference case involving President-elect Donald Trump and his allies. CBS News political reporter and attorney Katrina Kaufman reports. Dec 19, 2024 03:35 Willis removed from Trump case: What to...
Text messages obtained by The Associated Press show that a former law partner of a special prosecutor in the Georgia election case against Donald Trump was sharing information with an attorney for one of Trump’s co-defendants.