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(The Guardian) Georgia appeals court boots Fani Willis from election interference case - report
A Georgia appeals court has ordered that the prosecutor Fani Willis is disqualified from the case she brought against Donald Trump and 18 other defendants for allegedly plotting to overturn the state’s election result in 2020, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Attorneys for the defendants accused Willis, the district attorney of the Atlanta-area Fulton county, of having a conflict of interest due to her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor she hired for the case. Wade resigned from the prosecution earlier this year, and in a 2-1 ruling, the appeals court said Willis should be disqualified as well.
Here’s more, from the Journal-Constitution: In a 2-1 decision, a panel of judges, all GOP appointees, concluded that Willis’ onetime romantic relationship with former special prosecutor Nathan Wade constituted a conflict of interest that merited her dismissal from the case. ‘After carefully considering the trial court’s findings in its order, we conclude that it erred by failing to disqualify DA Willis and her office,’ wrote judges Todd Markle and Trenton Brown for the majority. A third judge, Benjamin Land, issued a strongly-worded dissent.
The majority opinion also rejected a push from several defendants in the case to dismiss the indictment.
The decision is a massive blow to Willis, one of the most recognizable prosecutors in the country who cruised to a second term earlier this month against a relatively inexperienced Republican opponent. It also could be the death knell for the fourth and final case that resulted in criminal charges against Trump after he left office in January 2021.
Willis is expected to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court of Georgia. A spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
-Read more: https://www.ajc.com/politics/court-...interference-case/XGKWOZNKYJBQDFYSONWYPBCIIY/
A Georgia appeals court has ordered that the prosecutor Fani Willis is disqualified from the case she brought against Donald Trump and 18 other defendants for allegedly plotting to overturn the state’s election result in 2020, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Attorneys for the defendants accused Willis, the district attorney of the Atlanta-area Fulton county, of having a conflict of interest due to her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor she hired for the case. Wade resigned from the prosecution earlier this year, and in a 2-1 ruling, the appeals court said Willis should be disqualified as well.
Here’s more, from the Journal-Constitution: In a 2-1 decision, a panel of judges, all GOP appointees, concluded that Willis’ onetime romantic relationship with former special prosecutor Nathan Wade constituted a conflict of interest that merited her dismissal from the case. ‘After carefully considering the trial court’s findings in its order, we conclude that it erred by failing to disqualify DA Willis and her office,’ wrote judges Todd Markle and Trenton Brown for the majority. A third judge, Benjamin Land, issued a strongly-worded dissent.
The majority opinion also rejected a push from several defendants in the case to dismiss the indictment.
The decision is a massive blow to Willis, one of the most recognizable prosecutors in the country who cruised to a second term earlier this month against a relatively inexperienced Republican opponent. It also could be the death knell for the fourth and final case that resulted in criminal charges against Trump after he left office in January 2021.
Willis is expected to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court of Georgia. A spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
-Read more: https://www.ajc.com/politics/court-...interference-case/XGKWOZNKYJBQDFYSONWYPBCIIY/
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