Fulton Country District Attorney Fani Willis wants to move forward with her 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump while a Georgia appeals court grapples over whether she should be disqualified as the lead prosecutor.
The racketeering case has been on hold since May, when the Georgia Court of Appeals agreed to review Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling over an alleged conflict of interest between Willis and a former top prosecutor on the case, Nathan Wade. Willis told the appellate court this week that McAfee’s order allowing her to remain should not be second-guessed and that the standard for disqualification posited by the defense is a tall bar to clear.
“Having failed to adequately support their chosen theories or…
