A Georgia appellate court agreed on Wednesday to hear a challenge to the ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a> to continue leading a 2020 election interference case against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> and his allies despite her romance with a subordinate.
The Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia released a <a href="https://efast.gaappeals.us/download?filingId=f0b48054-798d-4781-8f95-d1f87666ab6d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brief order</a> that said the request from the defense seeking a review of a lower-court decision in March had been granted and noted the appellant may file a notice of appeal within 10 days.
At issue is Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee&#8217;s determination that the defendants failed to prove a conflict of interest existed due to a romance between Willis and her special prosecutor in the case, Nathan Wade. However, the judge raised concerns about the <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/georgia-trump-fani-willis-wade-relationship-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;appearance of impropriety&#8221;</a> and only allowed Willis to press forward after Wade <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a>. Her other option was to step down.
Trump and some of his co-defendants <a href="https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/daa8595470bc27ca/0f310db3-full.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> that Willis should be disqualified and that the case be dismissed, claiming the office romance flush with gifts and trips &#8220;created an appearance of impropriety in this case that cast a pall over these entire proceedings.&#8221; Willis then filed a motion insisting there was <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/special-reports/ga-trump-investigation/fulton-county-da-court-appeals-decline-review-disqualification-ruling/85-43861f0b-9934-4ab7-8d21-591ab3332656" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;no basis&#8221;</a> to grant a review of the lower-court order.
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/08/georgia-appeals-court-fani-willis-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Trump and his co-defendants are expected to ask the appeals to stay the proceedings while the appeal plays out after McAfee said he would not pause the process. A trial date has not yet been set, but CNN reported Willis <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/politics/fani-willis-trump-georgia-trial/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hoped</a> to have it before the 2024 election.
Trump and 18 co-defendants pleaded not guilty to a bevy of charges in the Georgia election case, but four of them have since taken <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/fourth-trump-co-defendant-takes-plea-deal-in-georgia-election-interference-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plea deals</a>. As Trump seeks a second White House term, the former president has broadly denied wrongdoing across multiple cases. One election-related &#8220;hush money&#8221; case in New York has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-all-the-trump-cases-stand-as-hush-money-trial-begins" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gone to trial</a> while a judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-indefinitely-postpones-trumps-classified-documents-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delayed</a> a federal classified documents case trial indefinitely. The Supreme Court is <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-jan-6-supreme-court-immunity-jack-smith-985c2c52088d5af4d574a9f9258bcf9b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considering</a> an immunity question in a federal election case.
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Willis, who is also seeking re-election, is facing GOP-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-da-fani-willis-may-get-subpoenaed-in-georgia-senate-inquiry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigations</a> in the U.S. House and Georgia state Senate. She recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fani-willis-misses-da-debate-gets-replaced-by-empty-podium" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skipped</a> a debate, leaving her challenger for the Democratic Party&#8217;s nomination in the DA race, attorney Christian Wise Smith, to face off against an empty podium. Her office declined the invitation, citing concerns about Willis being limited in what she could say regarding ongoing litigation. The primary is set for May 21.

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Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a>, the Georgia prosecutor leading a 2020 election interference case against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> and his allies, may get subpoenaed as part of a state-level investigation.
State Sen. Bill Cowsert, a Republican <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/02/10/georgia-republicans-say-willis-inquiry-isn-t-a--witch-hunt-" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leading</a> the special committee investigating the DA, recently said a subpoena may be necessary if Willis does not accept an invitation to appear before the panel, according to local <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/georgia-senate-special-committee-third-meeting-fani-willis-fulton-county-district-attorney-investigation/85-57d6112f-ba12-48cb-bb6e-9f7994382f03" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC affiliate WXIA-TV</a>.
“She’s a key part of the investigation and her viewpoints are valued by us,&#8221; Cowsert said. &#8220;We need to hear what she has to say and her explanation and what she thinks the appropriate rules ought to be going forward so that we don’t have this kind of scandal giving Georgia a black eye in the future.&#8221;
The GOP-led special committee is probing the use of state funds arising from the controversy over Willis&#8217;s romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she hired for the 2020 election case. Upon its conclusion, the committee is expected to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/politics/fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-state-senate-investigation/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">submit a report</a> with recommendations.
In March, a judge allowed Willis to press forward with the case after the prosecutor, Nathan Wade, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a>. The other option was for Willis herself to step down. Willis has <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/special-reports/ga-trump-investigation/fulton-county-da-court-appeals-decline-review-disqualification-ruling/85-43861f0b-9934-4ab7-8d21-591ab3332656" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested an</a> appeals court uphold the ruling after the defense <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/29/trump-fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-election/77209956-ee03-11ee-8f2c-380a821c02db_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sought a review</a>.
Before the Senate special panel held its third meeting on Friday to hear testimony from Fulton County Chairman Robb Pitts and others, Willis criticized the GOP-led investigation while at a community event, saying, &#8220;Isn’t it interesting when we’ve got a bunch of African American DAs, now we need daddy to tell us what to do.&#8221;
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Willis, who is black, is already facing a threat of being held in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fani-willis-responds-to-jordans-demand-for-docs-after-contempt-threat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contempt of Congress</a> over a subpoena seeking records after the Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-unveils-audio-of-staffer-warning-georgia-prosecutor-of-federal-money-being-misspent-ahead-of-firing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> audio of an employee telling her about the potential misuse of federal funds weeks before the worker was fired.
The DA has <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/rep-jim-jordan-subpoenas-fulton-da-produce-documents-tied-alleged-relationship/TX7JF5XDFZHD3MMY2SBI32XPPQ/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> suggestions of wrongdoing and, in response to House Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH), rejected the notion that she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fani-willis-responds-to-jordans-demand-for-docs-after-contempt-threat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defied the subpoena</a> while saying she was still providing documents.
Willis recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fani-willis-misses-da-debate-gets-replaced-by-empty-podium" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skipped</a> a debate, leaving her challenger for the Democratic Party&#8217;s nomination in the DA race, attorney Christian Wise Smith, to face off against an empty podium. Her office declined the invitation, citing concerns about Willis being limited in what she could say regarding ongoing litigation. The primary is set for May 21.
As Trump seeks a second White House term, the former president has broadly denied wrongdoing across multiple cases, including the one led by Willis, and claimed that prosecutors are engaged in a politically motivated “witch hunt” against him.

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In the court proceedings involving whether Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis hired her boyfriend to try the president of the United States for a crime — and lied about it — one piece of sworn testimony was particularly dramatic.
Her father, John Floyd III, testified to the court in February that his daughter was “forced” to move after she was first elected. “After she was sworn in on January 1, 2021, on or about the third of February at probably 5, 5:30 a.m. in the morning,” Floyd explained, “there were people outside her house cursing and yelling and calling her the b-word and n-word. It was bizarre. Fortunately, the neighbors called the police and disbanded the group.”
That was his explanation for why Willis wound up living in an apartment owned by a friend, who testified that Willis was dating Nathan Wade before she hired him to lead the prosecution. Floyd remained in the house, which was owned by Willis, until 2022 and detailed the threats in his testimony.
“They said they were going to blow up the house, kill her, kill me, kill my grandchildren. I mean, on and on. I was concerned for her safety,” he testified. “It was so crazy. We had people, we had a guy who showed up in a parked car for probably eight hours, and we&#8217;d call the police.”
“The South Fulton police, first they put a car in front of the house that was there permanently, a police car. &#8230; They brought a person with a dog once, sometimes twice a day to circle the house to look for bombs,” he said. “Also, somebody sprayed, again, the b-word and n-word on the house, I don&#8217;t think my daughter even knew that. I cleaned it off and called the police, the South Fulton Police. I&#8217;m sure they have the records of the things that happened.”
But in response to a public records request by The Daily Wire, the City of South Fulton Police Department said it had no record of any of those incidents. In fact, the single incident report pertaining to the home was a report of an abandoned vehicle in July 2021; the vehicle was impounded.
South Fulton Police chief of staff Jubal Rodgers said in an interview, in which The Daily Wire explained that it was seeking corroboration of Floyd’s testimony, that he had not been able to locate any records, but that “Madam DA Willis has her own executive protection along with sworn officers, plus Fulton County has officers,” so it was possible that another entity handled the incidents.
The Fulton County Police Department, however, said that “no records exist” in response to a public records request for “any police report, incident report, or dispatch log from November 1, 2020 through June 1, 2021 pertaining to” the block. The request noted that “this is the home of District Attorney Fani Willis and her father John Clifford Floyd III (who may have a FCPD protective detail).”
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The Fulton County Sheriff’s office told The Daily Wire that it had no record of any incident on the block in the first half of 2021.
A spokeswoman for the Fulton County Marshal said that office was not involved.
A spokesman for Willis, Jeff DiSantis, did not respond to a question about the lack of police records. After publication of this story, Willis&#8217; office responded to a outstanding public records request by saying &#8220;there are no records that are responsive to this open records request.&#8221;
While the absence of public records does not prove definitively that the events did not happen, it raises questions, particularly because Floyd specified that a neighbor called police — meaning it would likely not be internal to a special security detail. Floyd also said that Fulton County police responded, and that there were threats to kill him, presumably also not falling under the DA’s security detail.
The story, contending that in Fulton County — where 74% of residents voted against Donald Trump and a plurality of people are black — a mob of early-bird racists gathered at 5:30 a.m. to shout racial slurs at the home of an obscure public official who had the power to put them in jail, is in some ways reminiscent of actor Jussie Smollett’s claim that while he was walking in subzero temperatures in Chicago with a Subway sandwich, white men screamed the n-word and f-word at him while saying Chicago was “MAGA Country.” He was ultimately jailed for filing a false police report.
Questions of credibility were at the core of the Fulton County proceedings, which ended in Judge Scott McAfee ordering that either Willis or Wade be removed from the case against Trump. Wade <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> in March.
Willis said she began a relationship with Wade after she hired him as special prosecutor in November 2021, rather than improperly steering a contract to a paramour. An expert witness for the defense said that Willis and Wade exchanged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cellphone-data-contradicts-nathan-wades-testimony-on-relationship-with-fani-willis-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">12,000 texts</a> and calls between January and November 2021.
Wade acknowledged that he said under oath that he had not spent time with other women before his divorce was finalized, even though that was not true.
Wade used his work credit card to pay for extravagant trips with Willis. Willis contended that she reimbursed him, though there was no record of it because it was in cash.
Floyd sought to bolster his daughter’s credibility by saying he advised her to keep thousands of dollars in cash on hand because “it’s a black thing.”
Willis began a criminal probe into Trump days after the purported mob outside her home, and ultimately charged Trump and 18 others with charges related to alleged election interference.
The case has been paused since the March ruling as the disqualification ruling has been before an appeals court, but is likely to return to the public eye soon. The appeals court has until mid-May to decide whether it will review McAfee&#8217;s ruling — in which the judge declined to dismiss the case entirely on the basis of prosecutorial misconduct, despite criticizing Willis for &#8220;legally improper&#8221; activity.
In October, Willis used a purported 150 threats against her as justification for asking the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to allow her to designate more staff as &#8220;<a href="https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/10/04/fani-willis-says-shes-received-150-personal-threats-last-2-months-following-trump-indictment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">personal</a>&#8221; employees not subject to some personnel rules, saying she&#8217;s &#8220;got to have people who are loyal to me.&#8221;
An Alabama man was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/alabama-man-indicted-threatening-fulton-county-district-attorney-and-sheriff-regarding" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> that month with leaving a threatening voicemail about Willis on a Fulton County customer service line.
This piece was updated with additional information from Willis&#8217; office.

Police Say They Have No Records To Support Claim That Mob Of Racist Whites Surrounded Fani Willis’ Home

Police Say They Have No Records To Support Claim That Mob Of Racist Whites Surrounded Fani Willis' Home

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Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a>, the Georgia prosecutor leading a 2020 election interference case against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> and his allies, skipped a debate over the weekend.
Her challenger for the Democratic Party&#8217;s nomination, attorney Christian Wise Smith, instead faced off against an empty podium at the Sunday event <a href="https://www.gpb.org/news/2024/04/29/fulton-da-candidate-criticizes-willis-approach-in-trump-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sponsored</a> by the Atlanta Press Club.
Prior to the debate, a Willis campaign statement said the DA was not doing interviews about &#8220;high-profile cases&#8221; that her office is prosecuting, including the election case and the <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2024/04/23/young-thug-trial-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YSL trial</a> involving Atlanta rapper Young Thug, ahead of the May 21 primary.
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&#8220;We understand that she cannot insist that panelists and her opponent avoid certain subjects, and consequently, her participation means likely repeatedly being unable to respond to questions, as well as risking saying something that defense counsel could make an issue in ongoing litigation,&#8221; the statement <a href="https://twitter.com/ZcohenCNN/status/1782163588905353638" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
A recent poll conducted by political consultant Fred Hicks found Willis leading with 79% support compared to 9% for Wise Smith, indicating that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">romance controversy</a> related to the DA&#8217;s now-former special prosecutor Nathan Wade is not endangering her re-election prospects, <a href="https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/poll-shows-first-look-at-key-fulton-county-races" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Fox 5 Atlanta</a>.
Wise Smith, who previously lost to Willis in a 2020 matchup for the DA role, challenged the incumbent to a debate rematch. &#8220;There is no reason we can&#8217;t reschedule the debate,&#8221; Smith <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anti-trump-da-bailed-debate-schmooze-celebs-challenged-rematch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a press release obtained by Fox News Digital. &#8220;We are happy to work with her team to do it.&#8221;
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Courtney Kramer, a lawyer whose <a href="https://www.katz.legal/attorney/kramer-courtney-a/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">biography</a> says she interned in the Office of the White House Counsel under Trump, is running for the DA position as a Republican.
A judge allowed Willis to press forward with her election case in March after her special prosecutor, Wade, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> amid concerns about a romantic relationship between the two. The other option was for Willis herself to step down. Willis <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/special-reports/ga-trump-investigation/fulton-county-da-court-appeals-decline-review-disqualification-ruling/85-43861f0b-9934-4ab7-8d21-591ab3332656" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested that an</a> appeals court uphold the ruling after the defense <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/29/trump-fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-election/77209956-ee03-11ee-8f2c-380a821c02db_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sought a review</a>.
Trump and 18 co-defendants pleaded not guilty in the Georgia case, though four have since taken <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/fourth-trump-co-defendant-takes-plea-deal-in-georgia-election-interference-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plea deals</a>. The former president, who is seeking a second White House term, has broadly denied wrongdoing across multiple cases and claimed that prosecutors are engaged in a politically motivated “witch hunt” against him.

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With jury selection getting underway in the New York hush-money case on Monday after a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/14/trump-trial-hush-money-delay/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one-month delay</a>, the slate of criminal trials that former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> faces as he runs for re-election has begun in earnest.
A grand jury voted last spring to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-indicted-on-34-felony-counts-of-conspiracy-falsifying-business-records-pleads-not-guilty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indict</a> Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up payments, including to adult film star Stormy Daniels, in a bid to conceal damaging information as part of a <a href="https://manhattanda.org/district-attorney-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-indictment-of-former-president-donald-j-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“catch-and-kill”</a> scheme to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Trump, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-hush-money-case-ahead-of-jury-selection-attack-on-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assailed the case</a> brought by Manhattan District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alvin-bragg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alvin Bragg</a> ahead of jury selection. &#8220;This is a political persecution, a persecution like never before. Nobody has ever seen anything like it,&#8221; he said.
Prosecutors <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/04/15/prosecutors-want-trump-fined-3000-for-violating-judge-merchans-gag-order/?sh=49e49877749d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> Trump should be fined for allegedly violating his gag order after criticizing potential witnesses. Jury selection <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/15/jury-selection-trump-hush-money-trial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">could take weeks</a> as prospective jurors are vetted until 12 people and several alternates are picked. Opening statements and testimony <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/15/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/no-access-hollywood-tape-00152240" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may not even start</a> until May.
Trump has broadly denied any wrongdoing in three other criminal cases that have not reached the trial stage. He has also been <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-steele-dossier-uk-lawsuit-russia-55427915a83f33a8ead484109b8a89f6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-fined-350-million-in-civil-business-fraud-trial-banned-from-doing-business-in-ny-for-3-years#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pay hundreds of millions</a> of dollars in civil litigation, including as part of a New York business fraud judgment that the former president is <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-new-york-civil-fraud-appeal-letitia-james-2f8cc521e00e4a34a1342b961c1416ce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appealing</a>.
<h4>Fani Willis: 2020 Election Interference Case In Fulton County</h4>
In Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a> is leading a 2020 election interference case against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> and his allies. Trump and 18 co-defendants pleaded not guilty to a bevy of charges, but four of them have since taken <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/fourth-trump-co-defendant-takes-plea-deal-in-georgia-election-interference-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plea deals</a>.
The case got sidetracked as the defense raised concerns about Willis and her special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, having an improper relationship. A judge allowed Willis to stay on the case Wade <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> in March. Afterward, CNN reported Willis <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/politics/fani-willis-trump-georgia-trial/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hoped</a> to have the trial before the 2024 election.
Willis has <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/special-reports/ga-trump-investigation/fulton-county-da-court-appeals-decline-review-disqualification-ruling/85-43861f0b-9934-4ab7-8d21-591ab3332656" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested an</a> appeals court uphold the ruling after the defense <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/29/trump-fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-election/77209956-ee03-11ee-8f2c-380a821c02db_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sought a review</a>. She said in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fani-willis-responds-to-jordans-demand-for-docs-after-contempt-threat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent letter</a> to House GOP investigators seeking documents that &#8220;nothing that you do will derail the efforts of my staff and I to bring the election interference prosecution to trial.&#8221;
<h4>Jack Smith: 2020 Election Interference Case And Classified Documents Case</h4>
The two remaining criminal matters hanging over Trump are being spearheaded by special counsel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jack-smith">Jack Smith</a>. One case accuses Trump of unlawfully plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The other pertains to Trump&#8217;s handling of classified documents after leaving office and his allegedly trying to obstruct an investigation into his retention of those records.
Smith has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-matt-gaetz-calls-on-doj-inspector-general-to-investigate-jack-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> the Supreme Court to fast-track consideration of Trump’s presidential immunity claim to clear the way for a trial in the election case in Washington, D.C., which has already blown past the presiding judge&#8217;s plan for a March 4 start date. The high court <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnaBower/status/1765450613066715420" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is expected to hear</a> oral arguments on April 25.
The trial in Smith&#8217;s documents case has been <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-trial-date-documents-case-may-20-2024/">set to begin on May 20</a> in Florida, though the judge in that matter has indicated she may postpone it. Prosecutors have proposed the trial be pushed back to July 8 while Trump&#8217;s legal team <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-jack-smith-propose-new-trial-dates-classified-docs-case-rcna141272" target="_blank" rel="noopener">settled on August 12</a> as their preferred start date after pressing for it to start after the November election.
Trump is now the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, after his major rivals dropped out and he secured enough delegates to clinch the nomination, even as much of his time and resources have gone into the court battles and paying legal bills. He has claimed that prosecutors and others are waging a &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; against him in an effort to boost his 2024 rival President Joe Biden.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly acknowledged finding &#8220;inconsistencies&#8221; in how Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a>, who is leading a 2020 election interference case against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> and his allies, has managed federal grant funds.
According to <a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/justice-department-uncovers-inconsistencies-in-fani-williss-use-of-federal-grant-funds/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Free Beacon</a>, the DOJ provided the response after the news outlet produced statements showing contradictory assertions concerning awards Willis may have made under the $488,000 federal grant for a Center for Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention in Atlanta that never opened.
&#8220;During our review of the award to respond to this inquiry, we have noticed some inconsistencies in what Fulton County has reported to [the Federal Subaward Reporting System] and we are working with them to update their reporting accordingly,&#8221; a DOJ spokesperson told The Free Beacon on Friday.
The report said the Free Beacon&#8217;s inquiry focused on subaward payments Willis may have made to the Alabama-based Offender Alumni Association. Although the DOJ initially said the group was not listed as a subgrantee, the agency conceded it made an &#8220;error&#8221; after the Free Beacon reported it had records from Fulton County showing Willis&#8217; office transferred $88,900 to the association.
Toni Barnett, a director at the Offender Alumni Association, reportedly said she had &#8220;no idea&#8221; why the county was reporting making the payments to her group in 2022 and 2023. The Free Beacon noted that Willis&#8217; office did not return a request for comment.
Last month, House Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) warned Willis could face contempt of Congress proceedings if she did not fully comply with a subpoena for records that was issued in February after the Free Beacon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-unveils-audio-of-staffer-warning-georgia-prosecutor-of-federal-money-being-misspent-ahead-of-firing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> audio of an employee telling Willis about the potential misuse of federal funds weeks before the worker was fired. Willis has <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/rep-jim-jordan-subpoenas-fulton-da-produce-documents-tied-alleged-relationship/TX7JF5XDFZHD3MMY2SBI32XPPQ/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> suggestions of wrongdoing and, in response to Jordan, rejected the notion that she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fani-willis-responds-to-jordans-demand-for-docs-after-contempt-threat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defied the subpoena</a> while saying she was still providing documents.
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A judge allowed Willis to press forward with her 2020 election case in March after her special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> amid concerns about a romantic relationship between the two. The other option was for Willis herself to step down. Willis <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/special-reports/ga-trump-investigation/fulton-county-da-court-appeals-decline-review-disqualification-ruling/85-43861f0b-9934-4ab7-8d21-591ab3332656" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested that an</a> appeals court uphold the ruling after the defense <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/29/trump-fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-election/77209956-ee03-11ee-8f2c-380a821c02db_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sought a review</a>.
Trump and 18 co-defendants pleaded not guilty in the Georgia election case. Four of them have since taken <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/fourth-trump-co-defendant-takes-plea-deal-in-georgia-election-interference-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plea deals</a>. Trump is facing four criminal cases and civil litigation as he runs another campaign seeking a second term in the White House. He has broadly denied wrongdoing and has claimed that prosecutors are engaged in a politically motivated “witch hunt” against him.

DOJ Finds ‘Inconsistencies’ In How Fani Willis Handled Federal Grant Funds: Report

DOJ Finds 'Inconsistencies' In How Fani Willis Handled Federal Grant Funds: Report

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Judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-presiding-over-trump-georgia-case-previously-worked-under-kemp-fulton-county-da" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scott McAfee</a> ruled on Thursday against an argument from former President Donald Trump and 14 of his co-defendants to dismiss the 2020 election-related charges they face in Georgia on free speech grounds. 
Trump had argued that the prosecution from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was a violation of First Amendment protections of political speech, freedom of association, and the right to petition. McAfee, who is overseeing the case, ruled against Trump arguing that Willis has a right to prosecute. 
“After considering the extensive briefing, the argument of counsel, and the indictment, the Court finds these vital constitutional protections do not reach the actions and statements alleged by the State,” McAfee <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24531551/trump-1a-ruling-4424.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. 
“In other words, the law does not insulate speech allegedly made during fraudulent or criminal conduct from prosecution under the guise of petitioning the government. The right to petition is not absolute, nor does it carry ‘special First Amendment status’ that would render claims asserted under it immune from criminal recourse,” the judge added. 
McAfee said that he was required to interpret the indictment against Trump and his co-defendants “liberally in favor of the State” during the pretrial stage, adding that, “the Court finds that the Defendants’ expressions and speech are alleged to have been made in furtherance of criminal activity and constitute false statements knowingly and willfully made in matters within a government agency’s jurisdiction which threaten to deceive and harm the government.”
Trump lawyer Steve Saddow <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-georgia-case-fulton-county-first-amendment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the defendants &#8220;respectfully disagree with Judge McAfee&#8217;s order and will continue to evaluate their options regarding the First Amendment challenges.”
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McAfee’s order says that Trump may be able to challenge on the same grounds again later in the court case “at the appropriate time after the establishment of a factual record.”
Willis’s case against Trump in Georgia has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-rules-that-fani-willis-or-nathan-wade-has-to-leave-the-georgia-trump-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">full of turmoil</a> amid a high profile hearing on whether she should be dismissed from the case over her relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade. Willis stayed on the case after McAfee ruled that either she or Wade had to leave the case. 
Last month, McAfee dismissed six charges in the case brought by Willis, including three against Trump. McAfee dismissed counts 2, 5, 6, 23, 28, and 38. Each count deals with allegations that Trump and his allies asked Georgia officials to break their oaths of office. The defendants challenged the charges, saying their Sixth Amendment rights and due process rights had been violated.

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Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-done-reactions-pour-in-over-latest-bombshell-report-against-fani-willis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a> has again publicly discussed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">race</a>, seemingly in response to Georgia Judge Scott McAfee rebuking Willis for her infamous &#8220;playing the race card&#8221; speech at an Atlanta church in January. 
Judge McAfee decided last month that Willis is permitted to stay on a controversial Trump election interference case after Trump co-defendant Michael Roman claimed Willis&#8217; affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade was a clear conflict of interest, which financially benefited Willis.
&#8220;It&#8217;s hard out here always having to prove yourself two and three times,&#8221; Willis <a href="https://georgiastarnews.com/news/fani-willis-invokes-race-in-first-speech-since-being-chastised-by-judge-over-race-based-church-speech/tpappert/2024/04/01/">said</a> on Friday, at the South Fulton Women of the Shield Awards. &#8220;Recently they tell me they don&#8217;t like me to talk about race. Well, I&#8217;m gonna talk about it anyway. Truth is, there is [sic] some challenges to being black.&#8221;
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Though Willis was allowed to stay on the Trump case if Wade resigned, which he did, McAfee scolded Willis for acting with a “tremendous lapse in judgment,” suggested she lied on the stand, and said he did find an appearance of “impropriety.” 
The judge also rebuked Willis for the public racially-charged speech she gave in January, which seemed to target those who brought the apparent conflict of interest to light. 
“They only attacked one,&#8221; Willis <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGHjumOMWHA&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2F&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&amp;feature=emb_title" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the church. &#8220;First thing they say, ‘Oh, she’s gonna play the race card now.’ But no God, isn’t it them that’s playing the race card when they only question one. Isn’t it them playing the race card when they constantly think I need someone from some other jurisdiction in some other state to tell me how to do a job I’ve been doing almost 30 years.” 
McAfee wrote that the speech was &#8220;legally improper.&#8221;
&#8220;In these public and televised comments, the District Attorney complained that a Fulton County Commissioner &#8216;and so many others&#8217; questioned her decision to hire SADA Wade,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;When referring to her detractors throughout the speech, she frequently utilized the plural &#8216;they.&#8217; The State argues the speech was not aimed at any of the Defendants in this case. Maybe so. But maybe not. Therein lies the danger of public comment by a prosecuting attorney.&#8221;
&#8220;More at issue, instead of attributing the criticism to a criminal accused’s general aversion to being convicted and facing a prison sentence, the District Attorney ascribed the effort as motivated by ‘playing the race card,'&#8221; McAfee continued. &#8220;She went on to frequently refer to SADA Wade as the ‘black man’ while her other unchallenged SADAs were labeled ‘one white woman’ and ‘one white man.’ The effect of this speech was to cast racial aspersions at an indicted Defendant’s decision to file this pretrial motion.&#8221;

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Georgia&#8217;s Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a>, who is leading a 2020 election interference case against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> and his allies, issued a combative response to House Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) this week in a clash over documents.
The prosecutor sent Jordan a <a href="https://twitter.com/ZcohenCNN/status/1773052447558103124?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> on Monday saying that she &#8220;categorically&#8221; rejected the chairman&#8217;s assertion that her office has not sufficiently responded to his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-subpoenas-fulton-da-fani-willis-following-whistleblower-allegations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoena</a> from early February.
&#8220;As you note in your letter, we have already provided you with substantial information about our programs that are funded via federal grants,&#8221; Willis said, according to a copy of the letter posted to X by CNN reporter Zachary Cohen.
Jordan issued the subpoena after the Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-unveils-audio-of-staffer-warning-georgia-prosecutor-of-federal-money-being-misspent-ahead-of-firing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> audio of an employee telling Willis about the potential misuse of federal funds weeks before the worker was fired. Willis has <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/rep-jim-jordan-subpoenas-fulton-da-produce-documents-tied-alleged-relationship/TX7JF5XDFZHD3MMY2SBI32XPPQ/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> suggestions of wrongdoing.
The chairman followed up with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-threatens-fulton-county-da-fani-willis-with-contempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Willis two weeks ago that acknowledged the DA did produce some records, but demanded she fully comply with document requests and a subpoena by Thursday or face the prospect of contempt of Congress proceedings.
Willis said a February 23 letter she sent Jordan expressed that her office was &#8220;in the process of producing relevant documents to you on a rolling basis and is undertaking a good faith effort to provide you with responsive information about our federal grant funding.&#8221;
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Although the DA said her office was making another production on Monday as part of that &#8220;ongoing process,&#8221; she claimed Jordan&#8217;s &#8220;extensive&#8221; demands that cover several years for records in less than two months are &#8220;unreasonable and uncustomary.&#8221;
Willis insisted that such an endeavor would require her office to &#8220;divert resources from our primary purpose of prosecuting crime,&#8221; though she did not name any particular case.
&#8220;Let me be clear, while we are abiding by your subpoena in good faith and with due diligence, we will not divert resources that undermine our duty to the people of Fulton County to prosecute felonies committed in this jurisdiction,&#8221; Willis said.
&#8220;We will not shut down this office&#8217;s efforts to prosecute crime — including gang activity, acts of violence and public corruption — to meet unreasonable deadlines in your politically motivated &#8216;investigation&#8217; of this office,&#8221; she added.
Willis said her office will make another production in the &#8220;coming weeks.&#8221;
She then alluded to Trump&#8217;s trial, which she <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/politics/fani-willis-trump-georgia-trial/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly hopes</a> to have before the 2024 election after a judge allowed her to press forward with special prosecutor Nathan Wade <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigning</a> amid concerns about a romantic relationship between him and the DA.
&#8220;[L]et me again state this clearly: nothing that you do will derail the efforts of my staff and I to bring the election interference prosecution to trial so that a jury of Fulton County citizens can determine the guilt or innocence of the defendants,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;My family, my staff and I have been threatened repeatedly by people making violent, often racist, attacks,&#8221; Willis added. &#8220;Neither those threats, nor anything your colleagues and you say or do, will deter us from fulfilling our duty to bring this case to trial.&#8221;
Trump and 18 co-defendants pleaded not guilty in the Georgia election case. Four of them have since taken <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/fourth-trump-co-defendant-takes-plea-deal-in-georgia-election-interference-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plea deals</a>. Trump and some of his co-defendants have been <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-20/trump-judge-allows-appeal-of-his-ruling-on-fani-willis-romance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">granted permission</a> to appeal the ruling that allowed Willis to remain on the case.
The former president faces four criminal cases and civil litigation as he runs another campaign seeking a second term in the White House. He has broadly denied wrongdoing and has claimed that prosecutors are engaged in a politically motivated “witch hunt” against him.

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Fani Willis Responds To Jordan's Demand For Docs After Contempt Threat

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Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin joked on Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis&#8217; case against former President Donald Trump was &#8220;going nowhere,&#8221; arguing that if it ever went to trial, former First Daughter Malia Obama, 25, might be in the Oval Office by then.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/quitting-to-spend-more-time-with-himself-conservatives-erupt-after-jeffrey-toobin-announces-departure-from-cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Toobin</a>, who spent some time <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-was-sexually-harassing-himself-cnns-navarro-defends-toobin-offers-unique-take-on-him-masturbating-during-zoom-call" target="_blank" rel="noopener">away from the network</a> after he was caught masturbating on a zoom call with colleagues, argued that the judge&#8217;s recent decision — namely that Willis could remain on the case only if her hand-selected special prosecutor (and former boyfriend) Nathan Wade stepped aside — had effectively stopped the case in its tracks.
&#8220;Today was a very good day for Donald Trump. This case is going nowhere,&#8221; Toobin said, pointing to another RICO case in Georgia and noting that it had taken nearly a year to get a jury seated. &#8220;This case is never going to trial before the election. It’s an embarrassment. All of this. Fani Willis has hung on, but this case going nowhere very quickly.&#8221;
Toobin is not the only CNN voice critical of the ongoing Georgia case. Earlier in the week, the network&#8217;s senior legal analyst <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnns-honig-on-fani-willis-screwups-that-led-to-judge-kicking-some-charges-embarrassing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elie Honig</a> had commented on the fact that a judge had dismissed a number of Willis&#8217; charges against Trump and his allies, saying that the whole situation was &#8220;embarrassing.&#8221;
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Former DeKalb County, Georgia, District Attorney Gwen Keyes did not agree with Toobin&#8217;s assessment, however, saying, &#8220;I do think that there is enough evidence to go forward. I think that particularly the timing in this case, while we’ve had one racketeering case that has taken a long time to go to a jury, that’s an anomaly. In my 17 years as a state prosecutor. I’ve never seen it take 10 or 12 months to get a jury. And in the last RICO case that I’m aware of D.A. Willis taking to trial – with 12 defendants – she was able to get a jury in about four weeks. So, I think that’s the precedent that we should be looking at.&#8221;
Toobin held his ground, however, adding, &#8220;And as far as I can tell, this trial will be conducted during the presidency of Malia Obama. I mean, it is so far behind. I mean, ok, jury selection will take somewhere between a month and a year. There are lots of legal motions that are still to be decided in this case, just as there are in the other cases that Trump is facing.&#8221;

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CNN Guest Says Fani Willis Case Is 'Going Nowhere' Fast: 'Trial Will Be Conducted During The Presidency Of Malia Obama'

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump’s</a> hush money trial in Manhattan was delayed by around three weeks on Friday by the judge overseeing the case.
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan sent a letter to District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office pushing the scheduled March 25 start date back 30 days from the date of his Friday letter, meaning jury selection won’t start for Trump’s hush money trial until at least mid-April, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/15/trump-hush-money-trial-bragg-delay/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Merchan delayed the trial after Trump’s lawyers asked for a 90-day delay, arguing that the prosecution wasn’t giving them enough time to review a new dump of 100,000 pages of material that could be used as evidence in the case. The former president and current frontrunner in the 2024 election is accused of trying to cover up alleged hush money payments he sent to porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2016. Trump has denied sending Daniels any hush money along with denying the alleged affair between them.
The hush money case, brought by leftist DA Alvin Bragg and widely viewed as the weakest case against the former president, was the first in a slew of criminal charges against Trump and made Trump the first ex-president to be charged with a crime. The former president pleaded not guilty last year to all 34 charges of falsifying business records leveled against him by Bragg.
With the delay in the hush money case against Trump, all four criminal trials indicting the Republican presidential nominee now face different types of delays as the 2024 election nears.
Federal Election Interference Case
In the 2020 election interference case against Trump being tried in Washington, D.C., the court is awaiting a ruling from the Supreme Court on Trump’s claim of presidential immunity. The high court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-takes-up-trump-immunity-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> late last month that it would take up the issue of whether former President Donald Trump can invoke presidential immunity to shield himself from federal prosecution.
The D.C. case, which was brought by special counsel Jack Smith, is unlikely to begin before the 2024 election, according to legal experts, as the Supreme Court will not begin oral arguments on the immunity claim until April 24.
Trump has pleaded not guilty in the federal case in which he is accused of unlawfully plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. His lawyers filed to dismiss the case in October by arguing that Trump’s actions were “within the heartland” of his “official duties.”
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Classified Documents Case
In Florida, special counsel Jack Smith has also leveled criminal charges against Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents after leaving office, but that case has also run into a roadblock as the judge is considering complex legal questions.
Earlier this week, Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed Trump’s motion to dismiss charges in the case based on unconstitutional vagueness, but she still has to rule on the former president’s argument to dismiss charges based on his presidential authority to declare documents his “personal” records, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-classified-documents-hearing-03-14-24/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Cannon <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/14/cannon-trial-date-trump-classified-document-case-00147056" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has not hinted</a> at a potential start date for the trial.
Georgia Election Interference Case
The case against Trump in Georgia — alleging that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state — is in the midst of a months-long setback after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was accused of misusing taxpayer dollars and showing favoritism to special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
Willis was accused by Trump’s co-defendant Mike Roman of being romantically involved with Wade at the time she hired him for the Trump case. A witness testified last month that the romantic relationship between Willis and Wade began before the case started, while Willis maintains that the relationship didn’t take place until later.
Testimony from a former employee in the DA’s office, who said Willis and Wade began their relationship in 2019, contradicted claims by both Willis and Wade that their personal relationship did not begin until 2022.
On Friday, Judge Scott McAfee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-rules-that-fani-willis-or-nathan-wade-has-to-leave-the-georgia-trump-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> that either Wade or Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had to exit the 2020 Georgia election case against Trump for the prosecution to continue. Hours later, Wade <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent</a> his resignation letter to the district attorney’s office.
Willis is being investigated by the House Judiciary Committee, which subpoenaed the district attorney last month. The Georgia state Senate is also investigating Willis, allowing it to issue subpoenas and put witnesses under oath.
It remains to be seen if any of the criminal trials against Trump officially begin jury selection and get off the ground before election day, which is now less than eight months away. The delays are a welcome sign for the former president and his campaign as Trump leads President Joe Biden in the polls, including in vital swing states, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> average.

Judge Delays Trump’s Hush Money Case. Here’s Where The Former President’s 4 Criminal Trials Now Stand.

Judge Delays Trump's Hush Money Case. Here's Where The Former President's 4 Criminal Trials Now Stand.

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Special prosecutor Nathan Wade resigned on Friday from his position in the Georgia election interference case against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>.
Wade&#8217;s resignation was accepted by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office after Judge Scott McAfee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-rules-that-fani-willis-or-nathan-wade-has-to-leave-the-georgia-trump-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> just hours earlier that either Wade or Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had to exit the 2020 Georgia election case against Trump for the prosecution to continue. Willis faced possible disqualification from her case against Trump over allegations that she had misused taxpayer dollars and showed favoritism to Wade.
In his ruling, the judge said Willis acted with a &#8220;tremendous lapse in judgment,&#8221; adding that he found an appearance of “impropriety,” but said the defendants had “failed to meet their burden” of proving a conflict of interest based on Willis and Wade’s relationship.
“Although the court found that ‘the defendants failed to meet their burden of proving that the District Attorney acquired an actual conflict of interest,’ I am offering my resignation in the interest of democracy, in dedication to the American public, and move this case forward as quickly as possible,” Wade wrote, according to <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/nathan-wade-resigns-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling/MZV2BLXKW5GCBM6WLMMKILS67U/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WSB-TV</a>.
Willis responded to Wade&#8217;s resignation with an acceptance letter, saying, “I will always remember &#8212; and will remind everyone &#8212; that you were brave enough to step forward and take on the investigation and prosecution of the allegations that the defendants in this case engages in a conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election.”
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Willis was accused by co-defendant Mike Roman of being romantically involved with Wade at the time she hired him for the Trump case. A witness testified last month that the romantic relationship between Willis and Wade began before the case started, while Willis maintains that the relationship didn’t take place until later.
Testimony from a former employee in the DA’s office, who said Willis and Wade began their relationship in 2019, contradicted claims by both Willis and Wade that their personal relationship did not begin until 2022.
Judge McAfee&#8217;s verdict was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/like-finding-two-people-in-a-bank-vault-and-taking-one-off-to-jail-turley-slams-fani-willis-verdict" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> by George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/like-finding-two-people-in-a-bank-vault-and-taking-one-off-to-jail-turley-slams-fani-willis-verdict" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, “It’s like finding two people in a bank vault and taking one off to jail.&#8221;
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this article.

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Nathan Wade Steps Down As Special Prosecutor In Trump Georgia Case Following Judge’s Ruling

Nathan Wade Steps Down As Special Prosecutor In Trump Georgia Case Following Judge's Ruling

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