Trump appeal in Georgia puts Fulton County election case deeper into limbo

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Donald Trump’s New York state prosecution could be the only one of his four criminal cases that goes to trial, at least before the 2024 presidential election. And possibly ever. That was already true heading into this week. But we received the latest indication of that possibility on Wednesday, when Georgia’s appeals court signaled that it will consider Trump and his co-defendants’ request to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

Such a decision would require reassigning the case to another office, which would unlikely be simple or speedy, to say nothing of what another prosecutor would do with the case. The Georgia news follows U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s recent move in the classified documents case to postpone a trial indefinitely in Florida. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court’s pending decision on Trump’s immunity claim has been holding up a trial in the federal election interference case.

 

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