DA Fani Willis immediately appeals disqualification from Trump RICO case to Georgia Supreme Court [View all]
Source: Law & Crime
Dec 19th, 2024, 10:27 am
Updated Dec 19th, 2024, 1:04 pm
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday morning ruled that the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office and DA Fani Willis must be removed from the state’s felony prosecution of Donald Trump in a bombshell order that could mark the end of the final criminal case against the president-elect. Willis wasted no time in immediately notifying the appellate court that her office intended to petition the state Supreme Court to review the disqualification.
“You are hereby notified that it is the intention of the State of Georgia, appellee, to petition the Supreme Court of Georgia for a writ of certiorari to review Division 2 of this Honorable Court’s December 19, 2024 decision in Appellants’ favor in the above-styled cases regarding disqualification,” her office wrote only hours after the ruling was issued.
Trump and his 18 co-defendants had been angling to have Willis and her office removed from the case since January — initially over allegations that her romantic relationship with now-former special prosecutor Nathan Wade created a conflict of interest due to pecuniary motives.
A three-judge panel on the appeals court agreed in a 2-1 ruling, holding that the trial court erred in allowing Willis and her office to remain on the case after concluding that her relationship with Wade resulted in the “significant appearance of impropriety.”
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‘You are hereby notified’: DA Fani Willis immediately appeals disqualification from Trump RICO case to Georgia Supreme Court