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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the prosecutor
overseeing the case, said a state appeals court's decision to
take up Trump’s bid to disqualify her office from the case also
allows the court to review other rulings.
The case is one of four criminal prosecutions Trump faces as he
seeks to unseat Democratic President Joe Biden in a Nov. 5
election rematch.
Willis indicated she would ask the appeals court to overturn
Judge Scott McAfee’s March ruling tossing out six counts,
including three against Trump, that accused defendants of
soliciting Georgia officials to violate their oaths of office.
McAfee said the indictment was not detailed enough to sustain
those charges, but left the remainder of the case intact.
The Georgia appeals court is already considering a bid by Trump
and eight other defendants to disqualify Willis’ office from
prosecuting the case, arguing that her romantic relationship
with a former top deputy posed a conflict of interest.
Trump and 14 co-defendants have pleaded not guilty to
racketeering and other charges stemming from what prosecutors
allege was a scheme to overturn Trump's narrow defeat in Georgia
in the 2020 election. Four others initially charged in the case
have pleaded guilty in deals with prosecutors.
(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Scott Malone and Bill
Berkrot)
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