Fulton County DA Fani Willis plans to take a lead role in trying Trump case Two weeks after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis survived a bid by defense lawyers to have her disqualified from the Georgia election interference case, she has all but taken over the case personally...
Two weeks after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis survived a bid by defense lawyers to have her disqualified from the Georgia election interference case, she has all but taken over the case personally,
If McAfee grants the motion to disqualify, then under applicable Georgia law and procedure, the entire Fulton County DA’s Office is disqualified as well. The case will be reassigned to a new district attorney; there is no set amount of time that governs when this reassignment shall ...
Trump’s lead attorney in Georgia, Steve Sadow, said in an email that the former president looks forward to presenting arguments to the appeals court as to why the case should be dismissed and why Willis “should be disqualified for her misconduct in th...
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Why Willis wasn’t disqualified McAfee said that questions remained about the timing of the relationship between Wade and Willis – which the defendants alleged began before Wade’s hiring in 2021 – and the payments that Wade made when the pair took trips together. But he determined there ...
if not a likelihood, that Fani Willis and the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office will be disqualified from continuing with the case," Malcolm added.
"The brief makes clear DA Willis should be disqualified, and the case dismissed because her proven false, incendiary racial rhetoric in the church speech was calculated to heighten public condemnation of, and thereby prejudice, the defendants in eyes of potential jurors. Such misconduct violated t...
Judge McAfee said on Monday that depending on his findings after hearing the evidence presented from both sides, Willis could be disqualified from the case. "In studying the law that's been filed up to this point, I think it's clear that disqualification can occur i...
Willis hired Wade in 2021 to help prosecute her sweeping racketeering case against Trump. Trump co-defendant Michael Roman alleged in court filings last month that Willis should be disqualified from the case, claiming she financially benefited from hiring Wade because of their personal relat...