Browsing: Fani Willis disqualification

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) said Monday that she would not be testifying before a Republican-led Georgia state Senate panel investigating her. During an event where she earned the endorsement of many local Black religious leaders, Willis said the committee investigating her may not have the authority to subpoena her. “First of all,…

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) warned that the “train is coming” in her prosecution of former President Trump in his election interference case, despite efforts to slow down the case amid the discovery of her once-romantic relationship with a former special prosecutor. Willis, who avoided being disqualified from the case after appointing her…

Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin believes the judge's criticism of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in his ruling is a positive outcome for former President Trump, as the case is unlikely to progress.

Georgia Judge Scott McAfee suggested that a gag order could be imposed on the Fulton County District Attorney’s office to prevent it from mentioning the case against former President Trump and other defendants in a public setting. McAfee floated the possibility as part of a highly anticipated ruling Friday in which he determined that Fulton…

A Georgia judge ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) or the prosecutor she had a romantic relationship with must step aside before the office can continue its election interference case against former President Trump and his allies. Judge Scott McAfee ruled on Friday that Willis's once-romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade resulted in a conflict of interest in the…

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed a law Wednesday allowing a commission to begin sanctioning and removing prosecutors in the state, which could potentially disrupt Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s prosecution against former President Trump. “This legislation will help ensure rogue and incompetent prosecutors are held accountable if they refuse to uphold the law,”…