A Georgia appeals court has suspended the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump until after it hears the case to disqualify Fani Willis on Oct. 4.
The appeals court is expected to rule on the disqualification issue by March 2025. The ruling could come sooner, but it’s unlikely to happen before November.
Trump and his co-defendants are fighting to have Willis disqualified from the case due to an “improper” affair with former special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
In March, an Atlanta judge ruled Willis, the Fulton Country district attorney, could stay on as the leading prosecutor of former President Donald J. Trump only if her former ex-boyfriend, Nathan J. Wade, withdraws from the case.
McAfee found that Willis and Wade’s relationship led to no “actual conflict” but that the “appearance of impropriety” could taint the case moving forward.
“The Georgia Court of Appeals has properly stayed all proceedings against President Trump in the trial court pending its decision on our interlocutory appeal, which argues the case should be dismissed and Fulton County DA Willis should be disqualified for her misconduct,” Trump’s attorney, Steve Sadow said in a statement.
Speaking to reporters after the ruling, Trump accused the system of being “rigged.”
“I think we’re doing very well. We had a big thing happen in Georgia today,” he declared.
The ruling is a massive victory for Trump. If he wins November’s election, he will likely not face the Georgia case until 2029—if he is not able to make the case disappear altogether.
