Sic semper lawfarennis. But has the attempt to prosecute a RICO case in Georgia centered on Donald Trump come to an end with Fani Willis’ disqualification? It depends on how one defines “end.”
Technically, as David wrote earlier, the Georgia appellate court left the indictment in place while removing Willis and Fulton County from jurisdiction over it. That came from the punt by Judge Scott McAfee that David also described, but is in itself a punt too. In fact, the appeals court barely addressed the motion in its 2-1 ruling today, and missed the larger point behind it:
2. The appellants contend that the trial court erred in denying their motions to dismiss the indictment. The State responds that the appellants have failed to show that the trial court erred in finding that the appellants had not shown “that [their] due process rights have been violated or…
