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(Ben Gray / Ben@BenGray.com)" width="1000" height="560" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.7857142857142858;max-width:62.5rem;max-height:35rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: Ben Gray</p></div></div></div></a><div class="homeList-text"><div class="label-row"></div><div class="c-label-wrapper"></div><div class=" headline }"><a href="/politics/appeals-court-rejects-push-from-fani-willis-to-reinstate-six-charges-in-trump-indictment/JBWBX4V6EVF6DD75SPNCNTKC7E/" class=" trending-tease-story">Appeals court rejects push from Fani Willis to reinstate six charges in Trump indictment</a></div></div></div><div class="c-homeList false "><a href="/politics/interactive-what-georgia-voters-think-about-the-trump-transition-and-top-issues/5NU7YFS3EVG2PG7HB6LHKTLB74/" class="homeList-image"><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/KI6RQPXDCBAJZPYJXPH4WMTZSQ.jpg?auth=7ca8dd6fab9183e57ab65dc12831dbbb13d13468e38fd28894f71771e6644e27&width=1000&height=560&smart=true" alt="A person enters the Israel Baptist Church in Kirkwood during election day on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com" width="1000" height="560" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.7857142857142858;max-width:62.5rem;max-height:35rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: Miguel Martinez</p></div></div></div></a><div class="homeList-text"><div class="label-row"></div><div class="c-label-wrapper"></div><div class=" headline }"><a href="/politics/interactive-what-georgia-voters-think-about-the-trump-transition-and-top-issues/5NU7YFS3EVG2PG7HB6LHKTLB74/" class=" trending-tease-story">Interactive: What Georgia voters think about the Trump transition and top issues</a></div></div></div><div class="c-homeList false "><a href="/politics/georgia-senate-revives-panel-investigating-fulton-da-fani-willis/WYJJ2GRHY5B77LBMW65A6Z62YY/" class="homeList-image"><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/JCJQD5GPV3RGYVN3SMVTRAFUJ4.JPG?auth=1a33582dfbcb641070e3624fac8842ec67c7639b5cdaf83532de11ec3a619d35&width=1000&height=560&smart=true" alt="Sen. Greg Dolezal, R-Cumming, speaks to reporters on Friday, December 13, 2024. 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(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)" width="1000" height="560" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.7857142857142858;max-width:62.5rem;max-height:35rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: AP</p></div></div></div></a><div class="homeList-text"><div class="label-row"></div><div class="c-label-wrapper"></div><div class=" headline }"><a href="/politics/fulton-da-asks-georgias-top-court-to-reinstate-her-on-trump-election-interference-case/LKCOSJAO25BIHAMPGKMMU3OWKM/" class=" trending-tease-story">Fulton DA asks Georgia’s top court to reinstate her on Trump election interference case</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="c-LeftPhotoNoPhotoRow"><div class="c-sectionTitle c-no-rightRail">More</div><div class="row"><div class="LeftPhotoNoPhoto "><div class="c-homeLeadContainer left-photo-no-photo-display-class one-column"><div class="column-1"><div class="c-homeList false left-photo "><a href="/politics/fani-willis-originally-indicted-19-in-georgia-election-interference-case-where-are-they-now/PTBFC53TDBHGLHOP27MSVVNI4E/" class="homeList-image"><div class="c-image-component image-landscape"><div class="image-component-image "><div class="enlargeImage-wrapper"><div class="lazyload-wrapper"><img src="https://www.ajc.com/resizer/v2/BPRFXOKZVBABVOWBQUG2R36W7Y.png?auth=a27dc387de37ed4ea330fc42dbd2505d75b340a2b1c03347422e1310dd4fae1a&width=1000&height=560&smart=true" alt="Former President Donald Trump and 18 allies were charged in August 2023 with attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 election in Georgia." width="1000" height="560" class=" " style="display:none" fetchpriority="auto"/><div class="c-placeholder" style="display:flex;aspect-ratio:1.7857142857142858;max-width:62.5rem;max-height:35rem;object-fit:cover;background:#f8f8f8;justify-content:center;align-items:center"><img alt="Placeholder Image" src="/pf/resources/logos/AJC/placeholder.svg?d=2008" style="width:20%;box-shadow:none"/></div></div><p class="photo-credit-text">Credit: AJC File</p></div></div></div></a><div class="homeList-text"><div class="label-row"></div><div class="c-label-wrapper"></div><div class=" headline }"><a href="/politics/fani-willis-originally-indicted-19-in-georgia-election-interference-case-where-are-they-now/PTBFC53TDBHGLHOP27MSVVNI4E/" class=" trending-tease-story"> Fani Willis originally indicted 19 in Georgia election interference case. 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The survey’s margin of error is 3.1 percentage points."},{"_id":"X2EW3YEMMVAQVGY24MMJC4SGA4","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"ZKKOQDNI35BZVPXBNEGHW5XDOI"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Appeals court rejects push from Fani Willis to reinstate six charges in Trump indictment","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/appeals-court-rejects-push-from-fani-willis-to-reinstate-six-charges-in-trump-indictment/JBWBX4V6EVF6DD75SPNCNTKC7E/"},{"_id":"R6L2LOQOSJFAZO6VUYSD4UZMAU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"date":"","replies":[],"pos":31,"comment":"January ","type":"insert","user":"","email":""}],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The poll was conducted between Jan. 2 and 10, in the weeks after the release of a bombshell decision by the state Court of Appeals to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-appeals-court-removes-da-fani-willis-from-trump-election-case/XGKWOZNKYJBQDFYSONWYPBCIIY/\" target=\"_blank\">remove Willis and her office from the case</a>. 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If the high court declines to take up the case or upholds the lower court’s ruling, jurisdiction will shift to the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/what-is-the-prosecuting-attorneys-council-of-georgia/S6VODR3LPFEN3GU5XCJNPG5JLU/\" target=\"_blank\">Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia</a>, a nonpartisan state agency that will be tasked with appointing another prosecutor to take over. But many allies of Willis’ fear that if she is forced to stay off the case it will all but die."},{"_id":"NOFDQT5QH5CGPCV5QNH6LMKZ6Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The survey results show that despite the DA’s insistence that politics did not drive her decision-making, Georgia voters largely view the case through a partisan lens. Some 94% of Republicans said the prosecution against Trump should be dropped, while 95% of Democrats want it to continue. Fifty-four percent of independents — a crucial voting bloc in the state — believe the Trump case should come to an end."},{"_id":"OV5EU6WFZNG23H3Q34UO2DFYV4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<b>PDF: </b><a href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25489790-ajc-poll-jan-2025/\">View poll cross tabs</a>"},{"_id":"6PSQK3FFNRFODJSGIL4R5ZBLCU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<b>FAQ:</b> <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/how-the-ajc-polls-georgia-voters/BJABFU2CMJHZLOTWWPITRUTNRU/\">How the AJC polls Georgia voters</a>"},{"_id":"2FSQ6E7FRZEL5D47BWJNWJ2QYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<b>Poll Archive:</b> <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-polls/\">See past AJC polls</a>"},{"_id":"BZGKVDGFLFHQFG4HFDNOM6R26Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"date":"","replies":[],"pos":277,"comment":"four in five","type":"insert","user":"","email":""}],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Support also fell along gender and racial lines that have helped define the Trump era. Sixty-two percent of men recommended the state end the case, while 57% of women called for it to continue. Similarly, 68% of white voters pushed to drop the prosecution against Trump, while 4 in 5 Black voters wanted it to continue."},{"_id":"V7K5SDWQEZHCZHFCHQ2DL7EHXM","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"IA7YGTVTSJAG3DWMYO3MF6GQ2I"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Georgia Senate revives panel investigating Fulton DA Fani Willis","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-senate-revives-panel-investigating-fulton-da-fani-willis/WYJJ2GRHY5B77LBMW65A6Z62YY/"},{"_id":"XV7RHHOC6VGMTM3OEOAHAK6K6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"date":"","replies":[],"pos":143,"comment":"-","type":"insert","user":"","email":""},{"date":"","replies":[],"pos":150,"comment":"-","type":"insert","user":"","email":""},{"date":"","replies":[],"pos":156,"comment":"-","type":"insert","user":"","email":""}],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Interestingly, young Georgia voters were the least likely of other age groups surveyed to support the prosecution. 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Last fall, voters overwhelmingly opted to reelect Willis to a second term over an inexperienced Republican challenger."},{"_id":"K74OVFR2ZFC4PFRP2VWCUNHIAM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Charles Morrell is among the Fulton County residents who believes the case should be put to rest."},{"_id":"JWXR5NV2C5FDZFEACFV5NGCRXU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“I think that President Trump should be worried about running the country versus having this case — in my opinion, it’s a useless case — being charged against him,” said the 51-year-old Roswell resident, who works in health care."},{"_id":"K3X5XAJ22RANNOYE35HNTKKL4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Morrell supported Willis four years ago and initially backed the probe. 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Prosecutors have appealed the ruling to the state Supreme Court. If justices decline to hear the case or opt to uphold the lower court’s ruling, the case will be reassigned to another DA’s office, though many allies of Willis’ believe it would effectively die if kept out of her hands."},{"_id":"QXOWE7ASCFHZNE5EIHACX2XHLA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736793840664},"type":"text","content":"The Special Committee’s chairman said he’s <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/state-senate-committee-investigating-fani-willis-says-district-attorneys-need-accountability/A7FFQFE3JVDN7OHLX6VYA7PXWM/\" target=\"_blank\">considering legislation</a> that would regulate the conduct of DAs around the state, not just Willis’, as well as the use of special grand juries and special prosecutors."},{"_id":"QXOWE7ASCFHZNE5EIHACX2XHLA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736793840664},"type":"text","content":"While the panel does not have the power to directly punish or reprimand Willis, it has kept the media spotlight on her as GOP leaders seek to embarrass her politically."},{"_id":"SBMUAZF5NZF7NAFIDA4MC6PM7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736793840665},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/157\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. David Lucas</a>, D-Macon, on Monday accused leaders of engaging in “bedroom politics” by zooming in on Willis for her romantic life. “What we’ve got to do is try to cross this out and work together on those things that we can to make it better for Georgians. This right here doesn’t make it any better — it makes it bitter.”"},{"_id":"TFIF3KZ4URF3JPXLGIC6AMBP24","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736796679689},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/851\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Harold Jones II</a> of Augusta, the Senate’s <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-senate-democrats-elect-harold-jones-ii-as-minority-leader/4AN3CXA3URAABNMDDEEPHKO7VI/\" target=\"_blank\">new Democratic leader</a> and a member of the Special Committee, called the investigation into Willis a “waste of time.”"},{"_id":"GNQKJSIEKFATHNAV27PFAXICSM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736796679690},"type":"text","content":"“I’m a former prosecutor. We have no business trying to micromanage prosecutors’ offices,” he told reporters. “If Fulton County has an issue with what was taking place, they need to address that....That’s not the purview of the General Assembly. It never has been.”"},{"_id":"PI5P5EHZPJCFNGTXPOPSRHKDPY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736793840666},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-legislative-navigator/#members/754\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. 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Since Trump’s election in November, both federal criminal cases against him have been dropped and his legal team has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his sentencing in New York, where he was convicted of 34 felony counts related to hush money payments to a porn star."},{"_id":"MST3FY6KMRHFJO3ZYYVFXGXY3A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736432677796},"type":"text","content":"In arguing to keep Willis on the case, Fulton prosecutors said the lower court’s<b> </b>decision to oust her was without legal precedent, nor did it contain “any explanation of its reasoning.” The majority opinion “created a new standard for disqualification unique to prosecutors” while overstepping the court’s authority,<b> </b>they said, adding that the appeals court based its ruling “solely upon appearances,” while rejecting the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/key-takeaways-from-the-fani-willis-ruling/LTBEUWMFLZDBJNBHRMDBVQXWF4/\">March decision</a> of trial court judge Scott McAfee “without identifying an abuse of discretion.”"},{"_id":"CFHP3LACFRHJRMSS7D4GYTMZYM","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"WFCCXS26T5HMNIJRUOT7QKD3MU"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Fani Willis’ political headaches are only growing after court’s ruling","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/fani-willis-political-headaches-are-only-growing-after-courts-ruling-in-trump-georgia-case/2ZDKNPR6KZCKLEOAER4BR5QGDM/"},{"_id":"FGL6JLDEGJDGPJ3QC5EO6RJGOQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736432677797},"type":"text","content":"McAfee had concluded that while he didn’t condone Willis’ “tremendous lapse in judgment,” the defense failed to prove the DA had an actual conflict of interest. The Fulton Superior Court judge instead said that Willis could stay on the election case if Wade stepped aside, which the Marietta attorney did hours later."},{"_id":"PQRLJWK7IZFUZHD2PVDPWUVPJI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736439532380},"type":"text","content":"“The majority opinion ignored precedent, created uncertainty that is likely to recur, implemented a hair-trigger standard disfavored under Georgia law, and replaced the trial court’s discretion with its own,” the prosecutors argued Wednesday. “The State submits that review is necessary to reverse the majority opinion and clarify the standard for disqualification.”"},{"_id":"EEXB7AA4EZHBZPXW7WKZ6OGDDQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1736432677798},"type":"text","content":"Willis’ appeal amounts to a final effort to hold onto the high-profile racketeering case, which began with an investigation she launched four years ago this month. 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The four all avoided prison time."},{"_id":"Q6253Z2UR5HZXBGUQNPYUPXP4E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734713069436},"type":"text","content":"Ellis’ plea was the most dramatic; <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/fourth-defendant-negotiates-plea-deal-with-fulton-prosecutors/S3SO4MZ3MBGCJD6YD47ZE4MYQE/\" target=\"_blank\">she wept in court </a>as she apologized."},{"_id":"2GTKHEKFR5BOZMQCK56IFA7OTU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":169,"comment":"s"},{"pos":204,"comment":"and Smartmatic. She was dropped from Smartmatic suit"}],"comments":[],"_id":1734713069437},"type":"text","content":"In a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/key-takeaways-highlights-of-the-fulton-da-interviews-with-trump-defendants/CBXJCSYAHBARDEX3NMLW5KKPW4/\" target=\"_blank\">videotaped interview with Fulton prosecutors</a> in<b> </b>October 2023, Powell said she still believed the 2020 election was stolen. She is also battling a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems. Powell claimed, without evidence, that their voting machines were rigged."},{"_id":"6VQ464775JCBJGJ2S6ERFL6GM4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734713069438},"type":"text","content":"Chesebro filed a recent motion — <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/judge-rejects-an-attempt-by-trump-campaign-lawyer-to-invalidate-guilty-plea-in-georgia-election-case/ZQLUBU6NB5HPXI466VPKMCA35Y/\" target=\"_blank\">swiftly rejected by the Fulton judge</a> overseeing the case — to invalidate his plea."},{"_id":"RETWOWF6YNFWNHFL2OUAUDEQQQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734704957267},"type":"text","content":"<b>RUDY GIULIANI: </b>The former New York City mayor has been mired in messy court battles around the country. In 2023, a federal jury in Washington, D.C., <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/giuliani-must-pay-more-than-148-million-for-defaming-fulton-election-workers/SRUDAD3HSBABZLCK2VM7ZHRKUE/\" target=\"_blank\">ordered Giuliani to pay </a>$148 million to Fulton County election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who he falsely accused of fraud. Since then, Giuliani has been scolded by a federal judge in Manhattan for <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/a-year-after-148-million-verdict-fulton-election-workers-still-fighting-giuliani-in-court/WGVELY4FGRDBTMFJNUFIQTO63Q/\" target=\"_blank\">missing deadlines to hand over possessions</a>, like a vintage Mercedes-Benz convertible, to the women."},{"referent":{"provider":"","id":"HHD3B5KM5HJVL4XFIJE2TX6AGY","type":"image","resized_obj":{}},"_id":"HHD3B5KM5HJVL4XFIJE2TX6AGY","type":"reference"},{"_id":"EGCDMJW2TZBILCK7B7MS72DKXU","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"DTC5BGCB3RDXJH7S6M4IJQRFYE"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"3S5Q6KJ74ZBZXDFLPMLQBDFJKI\" />"},{"_id":"YAG3Q3WVT5F53BYOEXSDJVVTWY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Recently, Giuliani, Trump’s onetime personal lawyer, said he was broke and <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/rudy-giuliani-cant-hire-a-lawyer-and-its-the-judges-fault-he-says/Y24NT7K3JJB4JDAWNOEFEMGD7Q/\" target=\"_blank\">could not find a lawyers to represent him</a>. He faces another trial in January as Freeman and Moss seek to obtain his Florida condo, and he has continued to repeat phony claims against the women despite being ordered not to."},{"_id":"2Z4ZCBTBOBBVRE4NS7WWDLX23E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734704957268},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>DISQUALIFICATION EFFORT: </b>A lawyer for defendant<b> Michael Roman </b>launched the push to disqualify Willis and her office in a January court filing that accused her of a romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the outside lawyer she hired to lead the election interference case. Trump and seven other defendants joined the effort. They included <b>Giuliani, </b>former White House Chief of Staff<b> Mark Meadows, </b>former Justice Department lawyer<b> Jeffrey Clark, </b>former Georgia GOP chair<b> David Shafer </b>and former Coffee County Republican Party chair<b> Cathy Latham.</b>"},{"_id":"LZB5AXLOPNBLVDGH7KEB4UE7PY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734704957269},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>REMOVAL TO FEDERAL COURT: </b>Five of the defendants have tried to move their cases to federal court, where they could have faced a more favorable jury pool than heavily Democratic Fulton County. None have succeeded. <b>Meadows</b> <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/meadows-had-sought-a-more-favorable-jury-pool-in-federal-court/VE2AIXBIJVD6VFIBUNF5QUDUWI/\" target=\"_blank\">took his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court</a>, which declined to hear his appeal. The others who also made unsuccessful efforts to transfer their cases were<b> Clark</b>, <b>Shafer</b>, <b>Latham</b> and <b>Shawn Still</b>, who is now a state senator."},{"_id":"T5ONB55BX5H6XFMYYBXVGNA5K4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734704957270},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>DISBARRED:</b> Eight<b> </b>of the original 19 defendants were <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-defendants-say-trump-indictment-criminalizes-aggressive-lawyering/NHMADPMAEZFTJDF4KODQTKA7JE/\" target=\"_blank\">lawyers</a>, and many of them have faced some type of disciplinary action since 2020."},{"_id":"T353E4IB6JAXPG6IRU5C74XDGY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[{"date":"2024-12-20T18:55:36.236Z","replies":[{"date":"2024-12-20T19:53:17.158Z","text":"looks good","user":"Shannon McCaffrey","email":"Shannon.McCaffrey@ajc.com"}],"start":424,"end":431,"text":"added to clarify it's Powell who was in Texas. ","user":"George Hanns","email":"George.Hanns@ajc.com"}],"_id":1734713069444},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>John Eastman’s</b> California law license was suspended. <b>Giuliani</b> was disbarred in New York and Washington. <b>Chesebro </b>had his law license suspended in New York.<b> Ellis</b> agreed to a three-year suspension of her law license in Colorado. <b>Powell</b> has, so far, avoided sanctions. Citing clerical errors in a filing from the disciplinary panel of the State Bar of Texas Commission, an appeals court rejected the penalty they had proposed for her. <b>Clark</b> is battling the recommendation from a Washington, D.C., disciplinary panel that he lose his law license for two years,"},{"_id":"VVXP5PHXYVA2HHBHUYFG5LFXRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734713069445},"type":"text","content":"Georgia lawyers<b> Bob Cheeley</b> and <b>Ray Smith</b> have faced no disciplinary actions so far."},{"_id":"YRZCIHPZSRD67LZ2XT7B4SYY7U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734713069446},"type":"text","content":"<b>ADDITIONAL CHARGES: </b>Three other battleground states have also brought criminal charges against some of the Georgia defendants as part of larger prosecutions targeting Trump electors."},{"_id":"Q6253Z2UR5HZXBGUQNPYUPXP4E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734713069447},"type":"text","content":"<b>Giuliani,</b> <b>Eastman, Meadows</b> and <b>Ellis</b> were indicted in Arizona. As she did in Georgia, Ellis has agreed to cooperate with Arizona prosecutors. <b>Chesebro </b>and <b>Roman </b>were charged in Wisconsin."},{"_id":"PI2OWD2GKFANFMVHTT4XMXEECU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734713069448},"type":"text","content":"<b>HARRISON FLOYD: </b>The former leader of Black Voices for Trump<b> </b>was<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-co-defendant-floyd-will-fight-to-stay-out-of-jail-today/QTG5UZ5I2NDJPGDTFH5FQSHKGE/\" target=\"_blank\"> </a>initially one of the most outspoken Fulton defendants, regularly taking to social media to rail against the case and solicit funds to help pay for his defense. Prosecutors earlier this year asked a judge to revoke Floyd’s bond because they said some of those posts threatened other defendants in the case. Floyd <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-co-defendant-floyd-will-fight-to-stay-out-of-jail-today/QTG5UZ5I2NDJPGDTFH5FQSHKGE/\" target=\"_blank\">avoided a return to jail</a>, and in March he <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-harrison-floyd-can-work-for-trumps-campaign/XC2NO3CUNNFHVE4RMDY4UZIHGY/\" target=\"_blank\">r</a><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-harrison-floyd-can-work-for-trumps-campaign/XC2NO3CUNNFHVE4RMDY4UZIHGY/\" target=\"_blank\">eceived approval </a>to work for the Trump campaign."},{"_id":"7CFSAQX7PFFPLEJJYJASQ2HYV4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734713069449},"type":"text","content":"Floyd has reined in his social media posts about co-defendants, but he has remained highly critical of Fulton DA Willis, celebrating the appeals court’s ruling ousting her from the case. He was among the spectators at a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/in-fiery-testimony-willis-defends-herself-against-accusations-of-misconduct/DJQ2MTD7BZAJVDND2WBS65XXV4/\" target=\"_blank\">February hearing in Fulton County</a> where Willis testified in a bid to avoid being disqualified."},{"subtype":"twitter","referent":{"referent_properties":{"additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":1734954408443}},"provider":"https://publish.x.com/oembed?url=","service":"oembed","id":"https://x.com/hw_floyd/status/1869765449971646969","type":"twitter"},"_id":"SG7Y3DWLJBGXBCNZPBWNDY7VKI","raw_oembed":{"author_name":"Harrison Floyd 🇺🇸","cache_age":"3153600000","provider_url":"https://twitter.com","type":"twitter","version":"1.0","url":"https://twitter.com/hw_floyd/status/1869765449971646969","author_url":"https://twitter.com/hw_floyd","width":550,"html":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fani Willis Is Officially Kicked Off the Case <a href=\"https://t.co/gvWkJiB1Ui\">https://t.co/gvWkJiB1Ui</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/BWr2g8VvSx\">pic.twitter.com/BWr2g8VvSx</a></p>— Harrison Floyd 🇺🇸 (@hw_floyd) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hw_floyd/status/1869765449971646969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2024</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n","_id":"https://x.com/hw_floyd/status/1869765449971646969","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":1734954408443},"provider_name":"Twitter","height":null},"type":"oembed_response"},{"_id":"57PTPPSTNJDMTFX3N2DJFL7HME","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734713069451},"type":"text","content":"<b>THE OTHERS:</b> Like Floyd, <b>Trevian Kutti </b>was in the Fulton County courtroom when Willis <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/in-fiery-testimony-willis-defends-herself-against-accusations-of-misconduct/DJQ2MTD7BZAJVDND2WBS65XXV4/\" target=\"_blank\">battled back against allegations</a> she had an improper relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. And on social media, Kutti also reveled in the appeals court decision to remove the DA from the case."},{"_id":"6PLNRXXGMZGT7OPTEUPHHSJOWQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734713069452},"type":"text","content":"The Chicago publicist has also offered <a href=\"https://x.com/FreeTrevian/status/1869888229354229845\" target=\"_blank\">commentary on pro-Trump news outlets</a>."},{"_id":"VS3SMPZNLVEZXMVQ4YH7TT7R3U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734719334133},"type":"text","content":"<b>Misty Hampton</b> has kept a low profile since the Fulton indictment was announced. But she drew scrutiny when it emerged that soon after she was forced out of her job as election supervisor in Coffee County, she had been hired to run a special election in Treutlen County. After learning of Hampton’s involvement in Truetlen, state officials <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/elections-director-who-helped-copy-georgia-voting-data-hired-by-nearby-county/YZR5EUDMSBAGRMKPE5AHNPQKGA/\">confiscated the election server</a> there as part of an ongoing investigation into interference into the 2020 vote."},{"_id":"CEPRAR4TL5AJXNN3AGMLMXNJN4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734713069453},"type":"text","content":"Illinois pastor<b> Stephen Lee </b>has flown below the radar since he became the last of the 19 defendants to surrender at the Fulton County Jail in August 2023."},{"_id":"NN33D2LZBBG37PNBOX3EDF7CEY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734904550100},"type":"text","content":"<i>This story has been updated to reflect Floyd’s last 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A judge <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-blocks-fulton-da-from-questioning-gop-senator-in-trump-probe/E5UE3RMBQBC5XJ4YSRVTLCALXY/\">disqualified</a> Willis from investigating Jones in 2022 because of another conflict of interest —<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-blocks-fulton-da-from-questioning-gop-senator-in-trump-probe/E5UE3RMBQBC5XJ4YSRVTLCALXY/\"> </a><a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-blocks-fulton-da-from-questioning-gop-senator-in-trump-probe/E5UE3RMBQBC5XJ4YSRVTLCALXY/\">she co-hosted a fundraiser</a> for his 2022 campaign opponent — and he’s led the charge in the Capitol <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/nathan-wade-resigns-allowing-fulton-da-fani-willis-to-move-ahead-with-georgia-trump-case/3BDOOBKOEBHJBM3X2UOU7QKMXY/\">scrutinizing four trips</a> Willis took with Wade to the Bahamas, Napa Valley, Belize and Aruba."},{"_id":"LXCYQJ6XDFBALJGDGDZR7LDGLA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734720284885},"type":"text","content":"“Willis wasted millions of tax dollars on a bogus case to build her political profile, and all she got were trips to the Caribbean and Napa Valley,” he said. “Who should the state invoice for a refund, her or Mr. Wade?”"},{"_id":"AELTXINR6BEY3AATYWDJSWFPIQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734720858232},"type":"text","content":"Added Trump: “Everybody should receive an apology, including those wonderful patriots who have been caught up in this for years.”"},{"_id":"6LC7WJW34BF7LOOPX23Y5JBB4E","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"LGUSONSI3ZABVIOYKV4JHYYFPA"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"New: The 1st annual Cookie and Coal Awards for Georgia Politics","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/patricia-murphy-the-1st-annual-cookie-and-coal-awards-for-georgia-politics/WBJUWXHUJ5DCPKJWRCJWU6EWUU/"},{"_id":"OZK7Z54LOZD57LF7N24VUTHBNI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734720284886},"type":"text","content":"Willis, who <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/fulton-da-fani-willis-wins-second-term/LKXZKEEV6VDEVLTLCGJ3SX34WM/\">coasted to a second term in November</a>, has yet to comment on the ruling beyond a filing that served as a notice of her office’s intent to appeal shortly after the court’s decision."},{"_id":"3LDDR5TRM5AVFJTEQW6FOBQ6BU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734720284887},"type":"text","content":"Some senior Democrats, meanwhile, wonder how the case could have unfolded if not for Willis’ conflict-of-interest issues."},{"_id":"ZFSBCAXKAZFFTJV3PXE3AJ7NKU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734720284888},"type":"text","content":"Former state Sen. Jen Jordan, the Democratic nominee for attorney general in 2022, said the case “effectively ended as soon as Trump won reelection.” But Jordan also noted that courts have yet to resolve the underlying merits of the election interference case."},{"_id":"53VOAR76VNDGTH6N42N5SVPYUU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734720284889},"type":"text","content":"“We, as a country, might be in a very different place today if the criminal trial of Trump had not been derailed by the issue of disqualification in the first place.”"},{"_id":"LH23KWUQVJGXJAXRUWPLYDB2C4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734720284890},"type":"text","content":"<i>Staff writer Tamar Hallerman contributed to this article.</i>"}],"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":"District Attorney Fani Willis faces a growing list of political headaches after she was disqualified from Fulton County's election interference case against Donald Trump."},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/politics","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/","name":"Politics","description":"Political news with a Georgia focus, including the Georgia Legislature, Congress, White House, presidential elections and Georgia Congressional Districts.","_id":"/politics","additional_properties":{"original":{"parent":{"AmpNav":"/","TopicsBar2023":null,"BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"/","TopNav":null,"TopicsBar":null,"ComposerNav":"/","subnav_politics_georgia_voter_guide":null,"subnav_politics":null,"subnav_homepage":null,"default":"/","MainMenu2024":"/","MainMenuRedesign2021":null},"sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"true","sponsor_desktop_banner":null,"sponsor_mobile_banner":null,"sponsor_url":null},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Politics","cohort_desktop_image":"https://ajc.com/resizer/yI8qF9ltBzXJxpSfHXF6Jp6lJ5s=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/P4JHB55VXVGSJBQ6DVX67DNIQQ.jpg","cohort":"true","cohort_mobile_image":"https://ajc.com/resizer/yI8qF9ltBzXJxpSfHXF6Jp6lJ5s=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/P4JHB55VXVGSJBQ6DVX67DNIQQ.jpg","cohort_image_gradient":"true"},"site":{"site_url":"/politics/","section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Political news with a Georgia focus, including the Georgia Legislature, Congress, White House, presidential elections and Georgia Congressional Districts.","site_title":"AJC Georgia Politics | What's really going on in politics"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Politics","_id":"/politics","ancestors":{"TopicsBar2023":[],"MainMenu2024":["/"],"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":[],"TopNav":[],"TopicsBar":[],"ComposerNav":["/"],"subnav_politics_georgia_voter_guide":[],"subnav_politics":[],"subnav_homepage":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":1035,"default":1085,"MainMenu2024":1003,"SectionMap":1131,"ComposerNav":1012}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./politics","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"}],"primary_section":{"path":"/politics","name":"Politics"},"tags":[{"text":"politics.ajc"},{"text":"teamsusan"},{"text":"bluestein-rss"},{"text":"RunAutoLink_EK7PHEZ52NDF5GUDQOHFZSQ4KA"},{"text":"georgia-news.ajc"},{"text":"gapolitics"},{"text":"legislature"},{"text":"donald trump"},{"text":"trump-ga-probe"},{"text":"opt-test"},{"text":"ajc top news"}]},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[{"referent":{"referent_properties":{},"provider":"","id":"ADW3HXR36SLAO65PWYE6RTWFJY","type":"image","resized_obj":{}},"_id":"ADW3HXR36SLAO65PWYE6RTWFJY","type":"reference"},{"referent":{"referent_properties":{},"provider":"","id":"GM7ESGKYWCNL3AEZDEJJKRHGZU","type":"image","resized_obj":{}},"_id":"GM7ESGKYWCNL3AEZDEJJKRHGZU","type":"reference"},{"referent":{"referent_properties":{},"provider":"","id":"EEF6UTYMM6CULKJRUPZWE55QZ4","type":"image","resized_obj":{}},"_id":"EEF6UTYMM6CULKJRUPZWE55QZ4","type":"reference"},{"referent":{"referent_properties":{},"provider":"","id":"PXGGK5YU45DYFJBBMFTE32VHV4","type":"image","resized_obj":{}},"_id":"PXGGK5YU45DYFJBBMFTE32VHV4","type":"reference"}]},"type":"story","promo_items":{"basic":{"auth":{"1":"62358b392cdc0c5840066089afe1179e789b612d6160a7a20fb5b094caceda44"},"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"File photos","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Michael Blackshire & Chris Szago","type":"author","byline":"Michael Blackshire & Chris Szago"}]},"subtitle":"Fani Willis and Donald Trump","width":1600,"caption":"The Georgia Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 ruling Thursday, determined that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (left) and her office should be disqualified from pursuing charges involving election interference against Donald Trump and 14 co-defendants. 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Is the election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump dead?</b>"},{"_id":"LT4CGLOTAJHWZDCDFGSGEFRPIA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734637551589},"type":"text","content":"No. The Fulton DA’s office has said it will appeal the Court of Appeals decision to the Georgia Supreme Court."},{"_id":"A4JZLSZHFZB4RFUL2V3HQK5DXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734639370783},"type":"text","content":"If the appeals court ruling is allowed to stand — either because the Supreme Court declines to hear the case or it affirms the lower court decision — another Georgia prosecutor could be assigned to take the case by the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/what-is-the-prosecuting-attorneys-council-of-georgia/S6VODR3LPFEN3GU5XCJNPG5JLU/\" target=\"_blank\">Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia</a>, a state agency which assists DAs throughout the state."},{"_id":"2GAVMBFZQJEHROCB4AUA3UI7SM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734639370784},"type":"text","content":"If Willis is ultimately allowed to keep the case or if another prosecutor is brought in, legal experts predict Trump will not have to stand trial until after his presidential term ends in 2029, though his co-defendants could be tried beforehand."},{"_id":"DQB53HLH2RFFBAZD54QT6UKQXY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734701970773},"type":"text","content":"It’s worth noting that the Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday declined to dismiss the racketeering indictment against Trump and his allies."},{"_id":"ZT57RWNAPFFOJOMAOIXFEUNNFY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734637551590},"type":"text","content":"<b>2. If another prosecutor is needed to take Willis’ place who would that be?</b>"},{"_id":"BADAZ37WQZGVTI2B7L45L5GSBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734637551591},"type":"text","content":"Given the outsize media attention and<b> </b>resources needed to handle a case of this magnitude, it may prove difficult finding any volunteers, particularly DAs in smaller or rural judicial circuits."},{"_id":"LD5ZTT4NABET7LQ5ZTL3SDTS2M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734639370787},"type":"text","content":"It is also possible for the council to appoint a private attorney to take the case, but state law allows for a relatively paltry salary for such work."},{"_id":"FQBYSHCCCVFCDM3KRDIJPUBPRU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734655871668},"type":"text","content":"One district attorney who has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Willis is DeKalb County’s Sherry Boston. She leads the large DA’s office in neighboring DeKalb County."},{"_id":"BF5AZWRPAFFWRPWLN2ZS5ANPRY","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"H6JONL5FXRDOJGTKRE2DDIEN74"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"A timeline of allegations against Fulton DA Fani Willis","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/the-allegations-against-fulton-county-da-fani-willis-timeline-and-key-details/JFTZXNLKDJD6BE2HUZVXAITUZ4/"},{"_id":"7OWDJDUXBBCG3LPRUGQ3YGCTTQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734655871669},"type":"text","content":"Also in the mix could be <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/dekalb/rayshard-brooks-decision-who-is-danny-porter/3PR2ZXT4LNBXROB6VSUOJ75LVA/\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Porter</a>, who stepped down as Gwinnett County DA in 2020. After his retirement, Porter was tapped to help lead the investigation into the 2020 death of Rayshard Brooks. Porter announced in 2022 that the two Atlanta Police officers who shot and killed Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot used reasonable force and should not be charged."},{"_id":"LVBMXTXWYBDLJLUEHNZK4PLAKY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734703437039},"type":"text","content":"Or<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/who-is-pete-skandalakis-prosecutor-assigned-to-examine-lt-gov-burt-jones-in-georgia-trump-case/7GOD6IFFVNHRBMFZYRMWVXN3M4/\" target=\"_blank\"> Pete Skandalakis</a>, who heads to Prosecuting Attorneys Council, could take over the case, as he did when Willis was removed from the investigation against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who served as a GOP elector in 2020. Skandalakis <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-lieutenant-governor-wont-be-charged-in-trump-election-interference-case/RMUUQFKCVZHCHJYQ4P23B33ISY/\" target=\"_blank\">declined to bring charges</a> against Jones."},{"_id":"HB5D7P2EXZGORKLLSI2QXGCG7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734637551592},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>3. When will the Georgia Supreme Court hear the DA’s appeal?</b>"},{"_id":"XOYE37VDF5FATNNL4E2S4EMZA4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734637551593},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"First of all, the court does not have to hear it because it’s a discretionary appeal, meaning it’s up to the court’s justices to decide whether they want to decide the issue or not. A majority vote of the justices is needed, so five votes are required if all of the court’s nine justices are participating. If there is no majority vote, the Court of Appeals’ decision stands."},{"_id":"QU2HSITGWRB4FPJNCLCHVBDFVM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734639370790},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The DA’s office has said it will be asking the high court to grant its application to pursue its appeal. So it’s an open question how will the justices will respond to the appeals court ruling,"},{"_id":"5KBI4LKJQNAB3CT3ESZHINMLZY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734701970784},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"If the Supreme Court does grant it, the case will be docketed and must be decided within two terms of court — or within about six months."},{"_id":"3DBTQRTA6NA2FN5YJ4QMCUK36E","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"RRXYG3HBT5BHBDW4ETUYZBS5JM"},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"3S5Q6KJ74ZBZXDFLPMLQBDFJKI\" />"},{"_id":"ZSGQWN4XSVCQFDCFB6I6DKDRPA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734637551594},"type":"text","content":"<b>4. Who sits on the state Supreme Court and will they be friendlier to Willis than the Court of Appeals?</b>"},{"_id":"BBKMA7BZKNG5NJNXSZ4IJCI6IA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734701970786},"type":"text","content":"Of the nine justices on the high court, eight were appointed to the bench by Republican governors."},{"_id":"MJZP6KUWGJHXNGIKXUYUCHU7GM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734639370793},"type":"text","content":"Four (<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/michael-boggs-sworn-in-as-georgia-chief-justice/MH6QVJIN65DDNL3BDD2AUS7QFE/\" target=\"_blank\">Chief Justice Michael Boggs</a> and Justices Nels Peterson, Sarah Warren and Charles Bethel) were appointed by former Gov. Nathan Deal, and four (Justices Carla Wong McMillian, Shawn LaGrua, Verda Colvin and<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/georgia-supreme-court-incumbent-staves-off-challenge-from-ex-lawmaker/T6DRIVZVHFF7RASNP3HEN2PYXI/\" target=\"_blank\"> Andrew Pinson</a>) were appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp. Only one justice, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/how-john-ellington-intends-escape-georgia-political-tribalism/PcBwlRlsqpYjWs1YnGZcbP/\" target=\"_blank\">John Ellington</a>, was elected to fill an open vacancy in 2018."},{"_id":"UJCLF3ADGBAZFOM4NXHQKFZJPY","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"36F7ZFSUQNGVTH66INRMTVHPVM"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"OPINION: ‘Odor of mendacity’ hits Fani Willis in appellate ruling","url":"https://www.ajc.com/opinion/columnists/torpy-odor-of-mendacity-hits-fani-willis-in-appellate-ruling/6IYI3QPYUNGRRPKMRQEOE3PM3Y/"},{"_id":"3DC644VX4BGPPK5NR6MMOTKSW4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734639370794},"type":"text","content":"Seven of the justices previously served on the Court of Appeals before being elevated to the state high court and five of the justices once presided as trial judges at county courthouses."},{"_id":"IAEM5JRULFGE5LCBBJKZOOKS3E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734639370795},"type":"text","content":"As to whether these justices would be more sympathetic to Willis in the disqualification dispute, that remains to be seen."},{"_id":"QQDXU4AUIRG7JAH6Y5NHRWWU54","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734701970791},"type":"text","content":"<b>5. The appeals court decision is a huge loss for Willis. Will she face consequences?</b>"},{"_id":"3JSMUSBHJBE5DPCGHDD4EZ6CA4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734701970792},"type":"text","content":"Willis cruised to reelection this year even as the disqualification saga played out. She easily defeated Democratic primary challenger <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/fulton-da-fani-willis-bests-primary-challenger/TT7OQQG6O5EEJNE53AVJASVDTQ/\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Wise Smith</a> and her general election challenger, Republican <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/fulton-da-fani-willis-wins-second-term/LKXZKEEV6VDEVLTLCGJ3SX34WM/\" target=\"_blank\">Courtney Kramer.</a> That’s in part because Fulton County is a Democratic stronghold."},{"_id":"XQX6V2K6QVEBZHJOLDRNH5F2IY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734701970793},"type":"text","content":"Willis will be up for re-election in 2028 when it’s expected Trump will also be wrapping up his time in office. Incumbents typically hold a strong electoral advantage but Willis <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/early-results-show-fulton-da-challenger-in-the-lead/X23G6PDMIFBVHJKYH6UVTQMQ54/\" target=\"_blank\">ousted her own former boss</a>, Paul Howard, to become DA in 2020. It’s possible she could draw a strong opponent next time if she is seen as vulnerable. But a lot can happen in four years."},{"_id":"LLME7XMHZZFYHGNVWKIGE3SWU4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734701970794},"type":"text","content":"She is also being scrutinized by the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/in-washington-ex-trump-special-prosecutor-nathan-wade-being-asked-about-relationship-with-da-fani-willis/2QYJ3RYOWZGWBIZL7RDNCGPD4I/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. House Judiciary Committee </a>and the state <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-weighs-whether-georgia-republicans-can-subpoena-fani-willis/4BWE3VZVNJDUPPQLPDM5ZUG5UE/\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Special Committee on Investigations</a>. Both panels are led by Republicans."},{"_id":"HKR4QALPAFFWRCUOUAI2EUDDX4","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"EH25QCMUMZDZJIO66VPQJUNDIU"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Fani Willis originally indicted 19 in Georgia election interference case. 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We regret that Ms. Willis did not do the right thing and voluntarily recuse herself when Mr. Roman raised the issue because failing to do so put (Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott) McAfee in an untenable position. This failure of judgment is the exact reason Mr. Roman was forced to move to disqualify her in the first place, so we are thankful that the court agreed she should not be allowed to prosecute this case any further.”"},{"_id":"24Q7OHLL5BEQ3H53MDF75YVWGA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734642480290},"type":"text","content":"<b>Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican</b>"},{"_id":"RWZ26TQPK5APVJ6AFAHAOM5PLY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734642480291},"type":"text","content":"“I’m not surprised. Like I’ve said before, this whole thing seems very political to me. And for (Willis)<b> </b>to continue to do that, it seems political. But as you know I was subpoenaed in that case, so I have to be careful about what I’m saying."},{"_id":"ARXZO5NTUNDB7MOWNG6MX6UJ5Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734642480292},"type":"text","content":"But I wonder: As much time and as many resources as they’ve been putting into this case after all these years, what’s not getting done in that office? What cases aren’t being prosecuted? Who’s walking on our streets right now who are out on bail who are not receiving the justice they deserve and their victims deserve?”"},{"_id":"62UY3GCDBRE3RJJ365MVPK2ZEU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734642480293},"type":"text","content":"<b>Georgia State University Professor Anthony Michael Kreis</b>"},{"_id":"WXQNWORGKBAMHCHNNAHQDAQO4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734642480294},"type":"text","content":"“The fundamental Court of Appeals’ job was to clarify the rule for prosecutorial disqualification for appearances of a conflict. They didn’t do that. 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On the other hand, it gives the court an out to not hear the case because it doesn’t disturb the law and they can wash their hands of it by denying a petition to hear it.”"},{"_id":"LB7E726NCNAPXF3A6CDGL4JYIE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734642480296},"type":"text","content":"<b>Former White House Ethics Czar Norm Eisen</b>"},{"_id":"X5WYJJHQTRAPPG453M3W34HGSM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734642480297},"type":"text","content":"“The majority opinion is profoundly misguided, and the dissent hits the nail on the head. This panel should have left the sound trial court opinion in place. But that being said, the valid part of today’s decision is that the indictment need not be dismissed. That means this case can be taken up by another prosecutor, and it should be, because it concerns chargeable conduct that is not covered by the” U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision."},{"_id":"XP7UQCCWDZAHJIDZYZUY5XCYFM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734642480298},"type":"text","content":"<b>Attorney General Chris Carr, a Republican</b>"},{"_id":"SXHO4LTMTRHJVDHPZN63QTGAQM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734642480299},"type":"text","content":"“I think there’s a lot that’s gone on in this country for the last several years, where it’s happening on both sides of the aisle,” he said on the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/\" target=\"_blank\">AJC’s “Politically Georgia</a>.” “One of the things we need to do in politics is stay in our lane … I would just suggest it is not going to serve our nation well if we go after our political enemies if we don’t like what they’ve done, in office or not.”"},{"_id":"XHKWKPMH2RAL7I3Z23P7QTUJUQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734642480300},"type":"text","content":"<b>Former state Sen. 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He was joined by Judge Todd Markle. A third judge, Benjamin Land, issued a strongly worded dissent."},{"_id":"OANAGNR7AJG4LGWZRN3VWYFMYY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202504},"type":"text","content":"The appeals court’s ruling overturns a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/key-takeaways-from-the-fani-willis-ruling/LTBEUWMFLZDBJNBHRMDBVQXWF4/\" target=\"_blank\">March decision</a> from the case’s trial judge, Scott McAfee. The Fulton Superior Court judge ruled that while he didn’t condone Willis’ “tremendous lapse in judgment,” the defense failed to prove the DA had an actual conflict of interest. He instead said that Willis could stay on the election case if Wade stepped aside, which the Marietta attorney did hours later."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. 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A spokesman declined to comment further."},{"_id":"27CPNKRK4BFXFLMP42VT6ZSLFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202507},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The appeals court’s decision is a massive blow to Willis, a Democrat and one of the most recognizable prosecutors in the country who <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/fulton-da-fani-willis-wins-second-term/LKXZKEEV6VDEVLTLCGJ3SX34WM/\">cruised to a second term</a> last 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."},{"_id":"IMHGZHBFGJF2RJD5A37LWS6ABQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202508},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The underlying case technically remains alive. The appeals court declined a separate request from several other defendants to dismiss the indictment entirely. Even if Willis’ office is removed, another prosecutors’ office could be assigned to take over, though many allies of the DA fear the case would effectively die if that were to occur."},{"_id":"UTGTRHWKCZF5NICHWZG4R654FQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":1734646202510},"alignment":"right","type":"raw_html","content":"<CustomInfoBox id=\"3S5Q6KJ74ZBZXDFLPMLQBDFJKI\" />"},{"_id":"3TVP643XIFHNLNUW5ZGBSXXS6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202511},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Trump celebrated the ruling on Thursday, telling Fox News Digital that “everybody should receive an apology, including those wonderful patriots who have been caught up in this for years.” His lead Atlanta attorney, Steve Sadow, said in a statement that the decision “puts an end to a politically motivated persecution of the next President of the United States.”"},{"level":3,"_id":"QFLMWAFRI5EOHGTMZJ6U62XTCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202512},"type":"header","content":"Differing opinions"},{"_id":"V3NPIL6375FABIVDO3KHFWX3IY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202513},"type":"text","content":"In his majority opinion, Brown wrote that McAfee’s remedy “did nothing to address the appearance of impropriety that existed at times when DA Willis was exercising her broad pretrial discretion about who to prosecute and what charges to bring.”"},{"_id":"HZ2QJ3SN75BNPLBW4V2BUSJAHQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202514},"type":"text","content":"While the majority said it recognized “an appearance of impropriety generally is not enough to support disqualification, this is the rare case in which disqualification is mandated and no other remedy will suffice to restore public confidence in the integrity of these proceedings.”"},{"_id":"WKBD4WSTFZDLPFZIZUHTHP4A5Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202515},"type":"text","content":"Land’s dissent criticized the majority for not deferring to McAfee, who had overseen a hearing of the matter in February, assessed the credibility of witnesses and weighed all the evidence. Land noted that McAfee found the defendants had failed to show that Willis had an actual conflict of interest, financially benefited from her relationship with Wade or that their partnership had any actual impact on the case."},{"_id":"GMBJYBV33VABFHYX3B5RH6DCOQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"YCWBZ4PU4BAOBKU7MD2LCO3M3I"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Timeline of allegations against Fulton DA Fani Willis","url":"https://www.ajc.com/politics/the-allegations-against-fulton-county-da-fani-willis-timeline-and-key-details/JFTZXNLKDJD6BE2HUZVXAITUZ4/"},{"_id":"7T26O5XYNZHM7DZAO52GN257KM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202517},"type":"text","content":"But the majority, “for the first time in the history of our state,” found that the appearance of impropriety is enough to reverse McAfee’s refusal to disqualify Willis and her office, he wrote."},{"_id":"3DXDNSUSNBDOBDKPGQOTMXHZMA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202518},"type":"text","content":"“Where, as here, a prosecutor has no actual conflict of interest and the trial court … rejects the allegations of actual impropriety, we have no authority to reverse the trial court’s denial of a motion to disqualify,” Land wrote. “None.”"},{"_id":"MG2YIKLVVRFQZNF7ZPH2MEE4NI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202519},"type":"text","content":"Land said if McAfee had, in his discretion, disqualified Willis this would be a different case."},{"_id":"TFAUXT3JVREJ7MWP3TSCIJAMOQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202520},"type":"text","content":"“But that is not the remedy the trial court chose, and I believe our case law prohibits us from rejecting that remedy just because we don’t like it or just because we might have gone further had we been the trial judge,” Land wrote."},{"_id":"R6WQA6UYMRD7FFXYENQRLYWY4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202521},"type":"text","content":"All three judges were appointed by Republican governors."},{"level":3,"_id":"4VCNHPDSSJAELPZSOPYRAGNZ74","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202522},"type":"header","content":"What happens next"},{"_id":"RKDJZMU3TFDPRCIFPE6TVMGJPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202523},"type":"text","content":"Trump’s re-election has already ended the two previous federal criminal cases against him, one involving classified documents and the other his efforts to cling to power after the 2020 election."},{"_id":"C5DGB5KRKFHEVPASQBLYW3PJJU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202524},"type":"text","content":"It is long-standing policy of U.S. Department of Justice that sitting presidents cannot face federal prosecution."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc"},"copyright":"2024 Atlanta Journal Constitution","address":{"region":"Georgia"},"auth":{"1":"5867af90f16e7e29d468d71a4802d6918e554e0f011969f25bf5a74fa17e4387"},"caption":"Should Fani Willis’ disqualification stand, jurisdiction over President-elect Donald Trump's case will shift to a nonpartisan state agency, the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, which must decide whom to assign it to next. 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In the aftermath of the Nov. 5 election, a judge in Manhattan has pressed pause on sentencing Trump."},{"_id":"W5UREBGBNVDKRG5DXED6YQ2FU4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202528},"type":"text","content":"Should Willis’ disqualification stand, jurisdiction over the Trump case will shift to a nonpartisan state agency, the<a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/what-is-the-prosecuting-attorneys-council-of-georgia/S6VODR3LPFEN3GU5XCJNPG5JLU/\" target=\"_blank\"> Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia,</a> known as PAC, which must decide whom to assign it to next."},{"_id":"R4G4CXEEYZB23ONCL57KY6ZFAA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202529},"type":"text","content":"Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the PAC, said he was still reviewing Thursday’s opinion but that it could be a while before his organization touches the case, if at all. It could take weeks or months for expected appeals to play out."},{"_id":"TOC4C5HQ3BEIBI73ZYUAUIIASA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202530},"type":"text","content":"“If the case comes to us, then we begin the process of trying to find a conflict prosecutor,” he said."},{"_id":"AELCCEVETNBZNNJTB5TP7PV6HE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202531},"type":"text","content":"It is unclear whether there are other prosecutors around the state who would raise their hand to pick up the election case given the resources and time needed to bring such a complex case to trial. Not only that, but the <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/federal-judge-condemns-alabama-man-for-racist-threatening-voicemails-to-fulton-da-sheriff/F7HMXVLVE5C6HINDCQFG2TIVIM/\" target=\"_blank\">notoriety and threats</a> that Willis has received over the last several years — she travels with around-the-clock security and as recently as October <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/federal-judge-condemns-alabama-man-for-racist-threatening-voicemails-to-fulton-da-sheriff/F7HMXVLVE5C6HINDCQFG2TIVIM/\" target=\"_blank\">testified</a> at the sentencing of an Alabama man who had threatened her and her family — will likely be further disincentive for many."},{"level":3,"_id":"QFLMWAFRI5EOHGTMZJ6U62XTCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202532},"type":"header","content":"Legacy item"},{"_id":"MBYETMUWPNCVDLDLBSXQ6JJ5QY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734646202533},"type":"text","content":"The election interference case, which led to <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/indictment-highlights-fani-willis-details-charges-against-trump-others/e4a0f745-1dc0-45c3-8d30-1cc1a369e72f/\" target=\"_blank\">felony racketeering charges</a> against Trump and 18 others in August 2023, is not only Willis’ highest profile, but a key part of her legacy. 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On Thursday, an appeals court ruled she and her office should be disqualified from the case."},{"_id":"XDAUSFOWR5CK3CQAADQVXCD4PQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1705939009435},"type":"text","content":"Here’s a timeline:"},{"_id":"5LV6IOJWRBA6BPBKSV74BMH6EU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1705939009436},"type":"text","content":"<b>Jan. 1, 2021:</b> Willis takes office as Fulton County district attorney after defeating her former boss in the Democratic primary and running unopposed in the November election."},{"_id":"4GJ5ZOFFDJHK5K2AWJ6NWSFTR4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1705939009437},"type":"text","content":"<b>Feb. 10, 2021:</b> In a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/fultons-da-opens-criminal-investigation-into-trump-demand-to-overturn-election/YWJPS4B4BREHDLHQCZYDDWBVIA/\" target=\"_blank\">letter to top Georgia officials</a>, Willis says she’s opened a criminal investigation into interference in the state’s 2020 general election."},{"_id":"MLDDQ3JA6VA77AIVXMU3PE4NXE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1705939009438},"type":"text","content":"<b>Nov. 1, 2021:</b> Willis hires Wade as special prosecutor in the investigation. She offered the job to several other Georgia attorneys, including former Gov. Roy Barnes, but they declined."},{"_id":"RK32C5D4WFCKTJAJ6N366TZ3BA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1705939009439},"type":"text","content":"<b>May 2, 2022:</b> A special grand jury is impaneled to investigate attempts by former President Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn his loss in Georgia. Over the next eight months, Wade takes the lead in presenting information to the special grand jury, signing subpoenas and questioning witnesses."},{"_id":"LSX7CFYZOJHQVAPQPT2H5ZHC3E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1705947752430},"type":"text","content":"<b>Aug. 14, 2023:</b> Trump and 18 supporters are <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-18-others-indicted-for-trying-to-overthrow-2020-georgia-election/PQ3N2YBIDRDJFLJGFLEBZUWM6I/\" target=\"_blank\">charged in a 41-count indictment</a> alleging they acted as “criminal enterprise” in an attempt to subvert the election results in Georgia."},{"_id":"O4SLOYLAZRDETH3MVX37YRKBLY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1705939009444},"type":"text","content":"<b>Jan. 8, 2024:</b> An attorney for defendant Michael Roman files a motion seeking to disqualify the DA’s office from the case because of an <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-filing-alleges-improper-relationship-between-fulton-da-top-trump-prosecutor/A2N2OWCM7FFWJBQH2ORAK2BKMQ/\" target=\"_blank\">alleged romantic relationship between Willis and Wade</a>. The filing says that because Wade paid for trips they took together, Willis benefited financially from the arrangement. Willis is also served a subpoena seeking to depose her in the ongoing divorce proceedings of Nathan Wade and his estranged wife, Joycelyn."},{"_id":"ILBFGGLBUVDR3KXLRDVVVTGCR4","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"4CLWU7PJZRFLBJDUFPIA45ZKBM"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Latest news about the Trump Georgia election investigation from the AJC","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/trump-grand-jury-georgia/"},{"_id":"BJ7W2JPLIRBMNGXRASXOUMJ3GQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1705939009446},"type":"text","content":"<b>Jan. 14, 2024: </b>Willis delivers a <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/fulton-da-defends-special-prosecutor-during-church-speech/HLHFIKVP4FHIJH4ANZYV7HKHP4/\" target=\"_blank\">35-minute speech at the historic Big Bethel AME Church</a> in which she defends Wade as a “great friend” and a “legal superstar” but does not address whether they are romantically involved. She suggests racism is behind the accusations, noting that critics targeted Wade, who is Black, and not the two other special prosecutors on the Trump case, who are white."},{"_id":"FYZP3NFEHFDCDE2MHVGD6QG2TM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1705939009449},"type":"text","content":"<b>Jan. 19, 2024</b>: Attorneys for Wade’s estranged wife, Joycelyn, attach some of his credit card records to a court filing. They confirm that he <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/bank-records-da-willis-and-special-prosecutor-traveled-together-during-trump-probe/ZNDCH5RHDFGC5CKRWNS7HI2R5M/\" target=\"_blank\">purchased plane tickets and other expenses for Willis and himself</a> for a trip to Miami in October 2022 and another to San Francisco in April 2023."},{"_id":"OAYTLOHE7FBRLMBKW5GVILCVCQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"54CYZUWN2VFDREB7YQPGZDIUXI"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Who's Who in the Georgia Indictment","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/whos-who-in-the-georgia-trump-indictment/JPEAIY67SVGPTJ24JJGXMTXINQ/"},{"_id":"HPBKV23NRRHQJKWV4FBF4GAD7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1706654157066},"type":"text","content":"<b>Jan. 25, 2024:</b> Former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-joins-effort-to-disqualify-da-in-georgia-election-case-citing-racial-bias/HUSECUPEWNF4XOTDANWZLODEX4/\" target=\"_blank\">joins in</a> on Roman’s motion to disqualify Willis. His Atlanta-based attorneys also accuse the DA of trying to “foment racial bias” into the case that could prejudice a jury, citing her comments at Big Bethel AME Church. In the coming weeks, other defendants also join the motion."},{"_id":"4Y6RX2B4CFGD5KOHPF2QXASIW4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1706654157068},"type":"text","content":"<b>Jan. 30, 2024: </b>Nathan Wade and Joycelyn Wade reach a temporary settlement in their divorce case, leading to the cancellation of a hearing scheduled for the following day in which Wade was expected to be asked about his relationship with Willis."},{"_id":"Z67VAKSXTFCQPIQECOYC3P5CBU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1708441899623},"type":"text","content":"<b>Feb. 2, 2024</b>: Willis and Wade <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-fulton-special-prosecutor-admits-personal-relationship-with-da-in-trump-case/YOPP3SAOJVHUDESW3RR6UWTB2E/#:~:text=District%20Attorney%20Fani%20Willis%20on,Donald%20Trump%20and%2014%20others.\" target=\"_blank\">acknowledge a “personal” relationship</a> in a court filing. But they deny any improper behavior and say their relationship is not grounds to disqualify them from prosecuting the case."},{"_id":"TEH7ZSCWOZCB7O6IACEWDESG5I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1705947752440},"type":"text","content":"<b>Feb. 15, 2024: </b>Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee convenes an evidentiary hearing. Willis takes the stand and defends herself in <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/with-trump-case-on-the-line-a-defiant-willis-takes-the-stand/IS4UFYYCIZAVDACBIC5Y5FPCQY/\" target=\"_blank\">emotional and combative testimony</a>. “I’m not on trial, no matter how hard you try to put me on trial,” Willis tells defense attorney Ashleigh<b> </b>Merchant. Wade also testifies. So does Robin Yeartie, an ex-employee of the DA’s office and Willis’ onetime friend. Yeartie contradicts the testimony of Willis and Wade, who each say their romantic relationship began in 2022. Yeartie says it started in 2019."},{"_id":"RHKR7UXVMNFX7NRSGWKAHEHTPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1708441899627},"type":"text","content":"<b>Feb. 16, 2024: </b>In the hearing’s second day,<b> </b>Willis’ father, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/who-is-john-clifford-floyd-iii-father-of-da-fani-willis/JPLLXJFEHRH7BK42AVD35V2YUQ/\" target=\"_blank\">John Clifford Floyd III</a>, takes the stand and bolsters key parts of her testimony. Wade’s former law partner, Terrence Bradley, also testifies but is barred by attorney-client privilege from answering many questions."},{"_id":"LEK4MSIGIZBHHDB3DBA5DXJV3E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1709325303966},"type":"text","content":"<b>Feb. 23, 2024: </b>Trump’s lawyers <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-cellphone-data-raise-questions-about-start-of-willis-wade-relationship/SFVMYPTD2RD3HMZYOH3377CNNE/\" target=\"_blank\">submit cellphone data to the court </a>which purports to shows that in 2021 Wade visited the Hapeville neighborhood where Willis was living nearly three dozen times. In two of those visits, Wade’s cellphone arrives late at night and leaves in the predawn hours. (Both Wade and Willis had testified that they did not spend the night together at the Hapeville condo.) The DA’s office fires back that the evidence should not be admitted into evidence."},{"_id":"SH4A3MELCNHZXDETVT7CAFGKQ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1709325303967},"type":"text","content":"<b>Feb. 27, 2024: </b>Bradley, Wade’s former law partner and divorce attorney, <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/ex-wade-law-partner-testifies-he-doesnt-know-when-relationship-with-fulton-da-began/BYQNHPMNZ5AKNCMOP64K7OJ35U/\" target=\"_blank\">again takes the stand</a> after the judge determines that some things he could say are not shielded by attorney-client privilege. Bradley testifies that he doesn’t know when the relationship between Wade and Willis began, contradicting what he had previously told Merchant."},{"_id":"6QJ44F5BZ5E3ZMF7JPNVWJHNNU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1709325303968},"type":"text","content":"<b>March 1, 2024: </b>McAfee <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/lawyers-make-final-pitches-in-willis-disqualification-showdown/5V4E3PVCHFBZXKEZYTOIOBJIIA/\" target=\"_blank\">hears closing arguments</a>. The judge declines to admit additional evidence, such as Wade’s cell phone records."},{"_id":"3QHHHR5BRNEOVLXMUK7X6NTRRI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1717600182514},"type":"text","content":"<b>March 6, 2024: </b>A new state Senate Committee on Investigations begins hearing testimony about Willis and her office. Its first witness is Merchant. The committee, which has subpoena power, was created earlier in the year to investigate Willis."},{"_id":"4J46ECPYJBF6ROLKLPPJRERT44","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1710508425184},"type":"text","content":"<b>March 15, 2024:</b> McAfee <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-rules-fulton-da-willis-can-stay-if-wade-steps-aside/3BDOOBKOEBHJBM3X2UOU7QKMXY/\" target=\"_blank\">rules that Willis has a choice</a>: recuse herself and her office from the case or allow Wade to withdraw. McAfee says that while the defense did not prove that an actual conflict of interest existed to disqualify the DA, the appearance of impropriety “infects” the prosecution team. Hours later, Wade resigns."},{"_id":"DYRFUPG6SVDQLISLNMYNYRPXRY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1715275717828},"type":"text","content":"<b>March 20, 2024:</b> Judge McAfee grants permission for Trump and other defendants to appeal his decision that keeps Willis on the case."},{"_id":"LFLK3R6EZJF5FA3O6N4BRNJ3QQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[{"pos":0,"comment":"May 21, 2024: Willis easily defeats a primary challenger as she seeks a second term as DA. She faces Republican Courtney Kramer in the November general election."}],"comments":[],"_id":1717600182517},"type":"text","content":""},{"_id":"Y3AX63VZVZBJVBVJ7A3WKG43DI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1715274283603},"type":"text","content":"<b>May 8, 2024:</b> The Georgia Court of Appeals <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/court-of-appeals-agrees-to-consider-da-removal-in-trump-election-case/HKUMTFNJ7VFNDDXKSJVAEBFP64/\" target=\"_blank\">agrees to consider</a> whether McAfee was right in allowing Willis to remain on the case. The decision means a significant delay in the election interference case going to trial."},{"_id":"B5DDFLVJMFECXDL3IDQW4R7HWY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1717600182519},"type":"text","content":"<b>June 3, 2024: </b>The appeals court dockets the Willis case and assigns three judges to oversee it — <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/ga-court-sets-oct-4-as-tentative-hearing-date-in-fani-willis-appeal/OKVU4Y4GWZFIVJ77K5JCOZWEQM/\">Trenton Brown, Benjamin Land and Todd Markle.</a> All three were initially appointed by Republican governors but have since been elected with no opposition."},{"_id":"TJ63JTE5EVDBRNFCDTLRK2XH34","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734630350847},"type":"text","content":"<b>Nov. 5, 2024: </b>Trump is re-elected to a second term, casting doubt on the future of the Fulton County prosecution. Willis is also re-elected to a second term easily defeating Republican Courtney Kramer,"},{"_id":"2H36HN2ORVG7PGL6NWIH4DCTRI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1734630350848},"type":"text","content":"<b>Dec. 19, 2024:</b> In a 2-1 decision <a href=\"https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-appeals-court-removes-da-fani-willis-from-trump-election-case/XGKWOZNKYJBQDFYSONWYPBCIIY/\" target=\"_blank\">the court rules </a>that Willis and her office should be disqualified from the case. Land delivers a stinging dissent. 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