Trump Georgia co-defendant wins three-month delay in case

A Georgia judge on Thursday granted one of former President Trump's co-defendants in a Georgia election interference case a three-month stay of proceedings.

Georgia Sen. Sean Still's (R) latest lawsuit says, “As a current member of the General Assembly, Defendants are automatically entitled to discontinue the continuance of the litigation and to discontinue participation in 'all aspects of the litigation.'” has been written.

The deadline for filing pretrial motions in Still's case has been extended to mid-April.

“All other provisions, including the initial mutual discovery obligations, remain in place,” the filing states. “Additional extensions will only be considered if you submit a specific motion that includes a detailed factual explanation of the need for the extension, including the time required.”

Still and two other “fake electors” who were indicted in Georgia along with the former president tried to have their charges transferred to federal court, but the transfer was blocked in September 2023. In three separate rulings, U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, David Schaefer and Kathy Latham wrote: And Mr. Still could not claim that he was acting as a federal employee when he signed a document in December 2020 identifying them as electors of the Peach State.

“The court finds that Mr. Schaefer was not a federal employee while serving as a Republican-nominated presidential elector,” Jones wrote in Schaefer's lawsuit.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D), who brought the case against Mr. Still, Mr. Trump and other co-defendants, was recently subpoenaed in the divorce case of prosecutors involved in the matter. Another co-defendant, Mike Roman, accused Willis in a motion earlier this week of having an “inappropriate” romantic relationship with special counsel Nathan Wade.

Former President Trump pursued Willis after Roman's accusations.

“As we saw yesterday in Georgia, there was a very significant event where the district attorney was completely compromised. This case must be dismissed,” President Trump said. “They were after 18 or 20 people. … She was losing her mind. Now it turns out the case is completely compromised.”