Avril Elfi from OAN
Monday, June 3, 2024 1:34 PM
The Georgia Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear a case in October regarding former President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from a case prosecuting him.
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45 peopleNumber The president is seeking Willis’ firing over her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the special counsel he hired to help investigate Trump’s 2020 election interference investigation.
Willis was reprimanded in March by Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee for a “serious error of judgment,” but the judge allowed Willis to continue investigating the case as long as Wade recused himself.
Wade walked away from the incident the same day.
“In no way does this decision indicate that the court is condoning this serious error of judgment or the district attorney’s unprofessional testimony at evidentiary hearings. Rather, it is the undersigned’s opinion that Georgia law does not permit a finding of actual conflict of interest based merely on erroneous choices, even if repeated, and that the court’s duty is to limit itself to properly raised relevant issues and applicable law,” he added.
But Trump has repeatedly alleged that Willis had a conflict of interest in his role because he paid Wade a six-figure fee and benefited from trips arranged by the two of them.
The Georgia Court of Appeals took up the case on Monday but did not set an exact date for arguments, making it unlikely the trial will begin before the November election.
In August, Trump and 18 others were indicted on charges of participating in a massive conspiracy to illegally overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election, which he narrowly lost to Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
All of the defendants were charged with violating Georgia’s Fighting Organized Crime Act, also known as the RICO Act.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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