Georgia Court of Appeals Halts Racketeering Case Against Trump

A Georgia appeals court ruled on Wednesday that proceedings in the election interference case against Donald Trump and his co-defendants would be halted until the court decides whether District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified.

The decision is the latest legal move in the months-long saga into the Fulton County case alleging the former president and his allies attempted to subvert the Georgia 2020 presidential election. Since January, the case has been plagued with allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, revelations of a secret affair between Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and a former special prosecutor Nathan Wade, and a fiery televised evidentiary hearing.

The Wednesday ruling pauses the criminal case while the appeals court considers Trump and his co-defendants’ bid to disqualify Willis from the racketeering case. Tentative arguments on the appeal will be heard in October before Judges Trenton Brown, Benjamin Land, and Todd Markle. There is no set trial date for the criminal case.

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