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Appeals Court Dumps Willis From Trump's Georgia Case

Finds she had a conflict of interest in a ruling that throws case into upheaval

(Newser) - Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is off of Donald Trump's election tampering case, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , after the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that her relationship with a special prosecutor was a conflict of interest. In a 2-1 ruling by Republican-appointed judges, the appeals court found that...

Supreme Court Has Bad News for Ex-Trump Chief of Staff

Court quashes Mark Meadows' move to have his Georgia case moved to federal court

(Newser) - The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to let former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows move the election interference case against him in Georgia to federal court, where he would have argued he was immune from prosecution. The justices did not detail their reasoning in a brief order, as...

Georgia Judge Shrinks Election Case Against Trump
Indictment of Trump Shrinks
Sep 12, 2024 6:45 PM CDT

Indictment of Trump Shrinks

Former president now faces eight counts in election interference case instead of the original 13

(Newser) - A judge in Georgia on Thursday threw out two charges against Donald Trump and another against several codefendants in the election interference case being prosecuted by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee earlier had dismissed three charges, so his rulings Thursday leave Trump facing eight...

Trump's Georgia Case Will Stay Frozen Until After Election

Appeals court sets December date for Fani Willis hearing

(Newser) - In yet another setback for prosecutors going after Donald Trump, a key hearing connected to the Georgia election interference case has been moved to after the election. A state appeals court that agreed in May to hear an appeal of a ruling allowing Fulton County DA Fani Willis to stay...

Trump's Georgia Trial Likely Just Got Delayed

Appeals court will review whether Fani Willis should be allowed to continue to prosecute

(Newser) - A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former President Trump, reports the AP . Trump and some other defendants in the case had tried to get Willis...

Trump Fights Ruling That Keeps Willis on Election Case

Georgia motion seeks appeal in effort to remove entire district attorney's office from prosecution

(Newser) - Donald Trump's lawyers filed an emergency appeal Monday in Georgia of a ruling that allows Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the former president's election fraud case. Judge Scott McAfee decided last week that either Willis or special prosecutor Nathan Wade, with whom she had...

Fani Willis Stays on Case; Ex-Romantic Partner Resigns

Nathan Wade withdraws after judge in Trump election case says one of them had to go

(Newser) - A special prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis formally withdrew Friday from the Georgia election-interference case against former Donald Trump, per the AP . Nathan Wade stepped down after a judge ruled one of them had to leave the case for it to move...

Judge: Fani Willis Can Stay on Case, With One Condition

Her former romantic partner must go as lead prosecutor

(Newser) - Nathan Wade has withdrawn from the case , allowing Fani Willis to remain.

Georgia Judge Dismisses Some Charges Against Trump

6 counts, including 3 against former president, are thrown out in election tampering case

(Newser) - The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Trump, but many other counts in the indictment remain, reports the AP . Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote in an order that six of the counts in the indictment must...

Fani Willis' Father Grilled About Her Relationship

Hearing continues in Georgia over misconduct allegations related to Trump case

(Newser) - Georgia prosecutors sought to knock down misconduct allegations against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Friday, calling her father to the witness stand to testify about his knowledge of her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she hired to lead Donald Trump's case:
  • On the second day of
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Timeline of DA's Relationship in Dispute at Trump Hearing
Fani Willis Takes the Stand,
Calls Allegations 'Lies'
the rundown
Feb 15, 2024 3:30 PM CST

Fani Willis Takes the Stand, Calls Allegations 'Lies'

She is fighting to stay on Trump's election-interference case in Georgia

(Newser) - Updated with new details. New York wasn't the only site of a significant court hearing related to Donald Trump on Thursday. The other was unfolding in Georgia, where Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the stand to testify about her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the prosecutor she...

NY Judge to Trump: We're Going to Trial

Former president's first criminal trial will get underway in March

(Newser) - Donald Trump's hopes of avoiding a criminal trial before the election were torpedoed on Thursday. A Manhattan judge ruled that the hush-money case against the former president will proceed as scheduled, with jury selection to begin on March 25, reports the AP . The decision clears the way for the...

Fani Willis Admits Relationship, Will Not Leave Case
Fani Willis Admits Relationship,
Will Not Leave Case
the rundown
Feb 2, 2024 12:45 PM CST

Fani Willis Admits Relationship, Will Not Leave Case

DA overseeing case against Trump says her relationship with lead attorney doesn't affect it

(Newser) - Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has for the first time directly addressed the ongoing controversy related to her prosecution of Donald Trump and to her personal life , and she made two key points: Yes, she's in a "personal relationship" with the lead attorney she appointed, and no,...

Prosecutor in Trump Case Settles Divorce, Canceling Hearing

Nathan Wade was expected to testify about his relationship with Fani Willis at hearing

(Newser) - On the eve of a planned hearing in the divorce proceedings of the special prosecutor in Georgia's election interference case against former President Trump, a tentative settlement was reached in the divorce, meaning the Wednesday hearing is off. It had been highly anticipated due to the fact that the...

Judge Unseals Records in Trump Prosecutor's Divorce

And says Fani Willis doesn't have to sit for deposition—yet, at least

(Newser) - A judge on Monday ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis won't be deposed—for now, at least—in the divorce proceedings of Nathan Wade, whom Willis appointed as special counsel in Georgia's election interference case against former President Trump. At the same hearing, he also unsealed...

Trump Prosecutor Hits Out at Colleague's Wife

Fani Willis accuses Jocelyn Wade of affair, 'obstructing' election interference case

(Newser) - Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is asking a judge to block a subpoena seeking her testimony in the ongoing divorce of a colleague she's accused of having an affair with, while accusing his wife of obstructing the Georgia election interference case against former President Trump, per the Wall ...

Trump Prosecutor Fani Willis Ordered to Address Allegations

Georgia judge sets hearing over accusations she hired romantic partner in Trump case, benefited financially

(Newser) - The prosecutor in Donald Trump's Georgia case will have to address newly raised accusations of impropriety against her in court. The judge in the case has scheduled a hearing on Feb. 15 for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, reports the Washington Post , and he further ordered Willis to...

Willis Sees Race Behind Accusations Over Hire
Willis Defends Hiring Prosecutor
Jan 15, 2024 8:00 AM CST

Willis Defends Hiring Prosecutor

Trump, election interference defendant have objected to Nathan Wade's appointment

(Newser) - Fani Willis has defended hiring Nathan Wade as special prosecutor for the Georgia election interference case after Donald Trump and another defendant accused her of hiring her romantic partner. The Fulton County district attorney suggested racism is behind the attacks, the Hill reports. "I appointed three special counselors,"...

Spotlight Shines Hot on Trump Prosecutor in Georgia

Focus turns to Nathan Wade, who a court filing complains was improperly hired by DA Fani Willis

(Newser) - A co-defendant in the Georgia election interference case against former President Trump filed a motion this week making a "bombshell" allegation: that Fulton County DA Fani Willis hired her romantic partner as the special prosecutor in the case against Trump, and that she and Nathan Wade both benefited financially...

Trump Prosecutor Accused of 'Improper' Relationship

Filing alleges Fulton County DA Fani Willis hired romantic partner to lead prosecution of Trump

(Newser) - The Fulton County district attorney has been accused of hiring her romantic partner as the special prosecutor in her office's prosecution of former President Trump for alleged election interference. In what the Atlanta Journal-Constitution refers to as a "bombshell" court filing, Michael Roman (a former Trump campaign official...

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