Georgia’s state Court of Appeals recently stated on Wednesday that it will consider former President Donald Trump’s appeal to challenge the decision not to disqualify Fani Willis as the district attorney overseeing the 2016 election interference charges against him via NBC News.
It has been noted that the order stated that Trump can file a notice of appeal within the next 10 days. Trump’s lawyer, Steve Sadow has stated in a statement that the former president “looks forward” to argue before the appeals court that the case should be dismissed and Willis disqualified “for her misconduct in this unjustified, unwarranted political persecution.”
It is noted that the judge presiding over the case, Scott McAfee, ruled in mid-March that Willis shouldn’t be disqualified from prosecuting Trump and his co-defendants despite their allegation that she had a conflict of interest in the case.
They have alleged misconduct from Willis and accused her of financially benefiting from her relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, which led to days of testimony in court about their romance.
McAfee ultimately decided that the “appearance of impropriety” created by their personal relationship should result in either Willis or Wade leaving the case. Soon, Willis’ office confirmed Wade had resigned and she had accepted his resignation.
Days later, McAfee granted a certificate of immediate review, giving Trump and eight of his co-defendants permission to appeal his decision to keep Willis on the case. This got court of appeals 45 days in hand to decide whether to hear an appeal on the matter. Lawyers for Trump and the other defendants then requested the appeals court to allow them to challenge the ruling. The appeals court decision Wednesday comes as Trump continues to sit for trial in the criminal case he faces in New York. It’s the only one of the four criminal cases against him that has made it to trial.
