The Supreme Georgia Court supports the disqualification of Fani Willis of the Trump Georgia electoral affair

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The Fanon County District Prosecutor Fani Willis was definitively sidelined the pursuit of the case in terms of interference from President Donald Trump’s elections in Georgia after losing an appeal to the highest court of the State.
In December, the Georgia Court of Appeal judged that Willis and his office could not continue to continue the case, citing an “appearance of irregularity” resulting from his romantic relationship with the special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
Willis appealed to the Supreme Georgia Court in January, but Tuesday, the High Court refused a 4-3 decision to resume the case. One judge did not participate and another was disqualified.

The district prosecutor, Fani Willis, was definitively sidelined the pursuit of the case in terms of interference from President Donald Trump’s elections in Georgia after losing an appeal before the highest jurisdiction of the State. Willis illustrated at the County Palace of Fulton in Atlanta, Georgia, March 1, 2024. (Alex Slitz / AP / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Steve Sadow, Trump’s lawyer in the Georgia case, praised the decision.
“Willis’ misconduct in the investigation and prosecution of President Trump was blatant and it deserved nothing less than disqualification,” Sadow said in a statement. “This appropriate decision should put an end to unjustified political persecution, the president’s lawyers.”
Jeff Clarke, a former civil servant of the Ministry of Justice who is one of the 19 defendants accused under the law on racketeering and corrupt state organizations (Rico), said the case will now move to the Géorgie Prosecutors, who will choose a replacement.
“Rent the Lord for progress in this case. He should never have been brought in the first place,” he said.
Willis said she disagreed with the decision, but that the file and the evidence at the disposal of prosecutors for the prosecutor’s prosecution designed in the dispute.
“Although I do not agree with the decision of the Georgia Court of Appeal and the divided decision of the Supreme Georgia Court not to examine it, I respect the legal process and the courts,” said Willis, according to Fox Atlanta.

The reservation photo of President Donald Trump, provided by the Sheriff’s Bureau of the County of Fulton, after going to the Georgia authorities for conspiracy to overthrow the 2020 elections. (Sheriff’s Bureau of Fulton County via AP)
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The executive director of the council, Pete Skandalakis, said on Tuesday that he would start to seek a new prosecutor to replace Willis but did not know how long it could take. He said that once a new prosecutor is appointed, he would belong “to what to do with the case”.
This person could continue on the track that Willis had taken, continue only a few accusations or completely reject the case. Finding a prosecutor willing to manage it could be difficult, given his complexity and the required resources.
Even if a new prosecutor tries to follow Willis’ path, it seems that Trump could be prosecuted now that he is the president in office. But 14 other accused are still faced with accusations.
Willis’ accusation act accused Trump of having put pressure on those responsible for overthrowing the 2020 vote in Georgia, organizing “false voters” and harassing the elections.
A great jury of Fulton county charged Trump and 18 other people in August 2023, and Trump went to Fulton county on August 24. It was then that the now famous Mugshot was taken – the first in the American presidency.

Adam Ney, deputy district prosecutor, on the left, and prosecutor Nathan Wade at the Palais de Justice du Comté de Fulton in Atlanta, Georgia, October 20, 2023. (Getty)
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During the case of Georgia,, It appeared that Willis was in a romantic relationship with Wade, the special prosecutor she had hired to help direct the case.
The pair finally recognized the relationship but argued that it had no impact on the accusation. Wade resigned later, but the controversy persisted and the court of appeal ruled that Willis and his entire office should be disqualified due to the appearance of irregularity.
Ashleigh Merchant, who exposed Willis’ romantic relationship with Wade as a defense lawyer for Trump’s co-defender, Michael Roman, said: “We hope that this will finally close this chapter.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.