A Georgia appeals court on Thursday disqualified Fani Willis, the scandal-plagued prosecutor leading a racketeering case against Donald Trump and his 2020 campaign supporters.
The appeals court left the criminal charges in Georgia stemming from the 2020 presidential election in place but booted Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, and determined that a new prosecutor needs to be appointed for the case.
“We cannot conclude that the record also supports the imposition of the extreme sanction of dismissal of the indictment,” the court ruled.
Willis, who had appointed Nathan Wade as a special prosecutor in the Trump case, later admitted to having an affair with him. The appeals court ruled that this “significant appearance of impropriety” could taint the case in the eyes of the public.
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