Summary
A Georgia appellate court disqualified Fulton County DA Fani Willis from prosecuting Donald Trump and co-defendants in the 2020 election interference case due to her relationship with a special prosecutor, Nathan Wade.
The court ruled Willis’ involvement compromised public confidence, despite Wade’s resignation.
While the case has not been dismissed, transferring it to another county prosecutor may prove difficult given its political and legal complexity.
The decision significantly undermines the case, following federal prosecutors already dropping related charges after Trump’s reelection.
Do Aileen Cannon next
As much as I think the esteemed Judge Cannon should not hold her position, can an appeals court actually disqualify a judge?
This ruling undermines my confidence in the legal and justice system. What a crock of shit.
Are they trying to undermine our entire legal system? How does one person commit so many crimes and people just let him. Any regular person would be in prison for 40 years for half the stuff Trump has done.
I suppose the court wants to avoid a scenario in which the current president of the US would be the defendant in a state-level criminal trial. That would be a ridiculous scenario. What exactly would Georgia do if there was a trial and Trump just said he was too busy to show up?
Impeachment is the only remedy for presidential wrongdoing, and it has already been tried.
