Former President Trump’s legal team filed a response brief with the Georgia Court of Appeals in their case to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
“President Trump’s legal team filed a reply brief in the Georgia Court of Appeals convincingly rebutting the State’s arguments,” Trump’s attorney Steve Sadow said in a statement.
“The brief makes clear that District Attorney Willis should be disqualified and the case dismissed because her false and inflammatory racial rhetoric in her church speech was calculated to increase public condemnation and thereby prejudice the defendants in the eyes of potential jurors. Such misconduct violated Georgia’s Rules of Professional Conduct, therefore President Trump again calls for her impeachment and removal.”
On Dec. 5, the Georgia court will hear an appeal by Trump and his co-defendants against Willis’ disqualification from the case over an alleged “improper” affair with former special counsel Nathan Wade.
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks after winning the Democratic primary on May 21, 2024, in Buckhead, Georgia. (KeynoteUSA)
Willis filed a motion to dismiss the appeal in June, saying the lower court found there was insufficient evidence to support his claims that Willis has a conflict of interest and asserting there is “no basis” to appeal Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s March ruling allowing Willis to remain on the case.
Trump’s lawyer called the motion a “last-ditch effort to stop any appellate review of (his) misconduct.”
Trump was indicted in August 2023 along with 18 other co-defendants as a result of the multi-year criminal investigation led by Willis and state prosecutors in Georgia into his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state.
The charges include violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act; solicitation of violation of oath by a public official; conspiracy to commit impersonation of a public official; conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree; conspiracy to commit false statements and writings; conspiracy to commit filing of false documents; conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree; and filing of false documents.
Willis has since struggled to avoid obstacles in his efforts to impeach Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, before the election.
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Former President Trump and former first lady Melania Trump at the conclusion of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
In March, Judge Scott McAfee dismissed six of the charges, saying the state failed to present enough details for six counts of “solicitation of violation of oath by public official.”
In February, Michael Roman, a Republican Party operative and co-defendant in the case, launched explosive allegations that Willis had had an “improper” relationship with Wade, whom he hired to help prosecute the case in November 2021.
Other co-defendants made similar allegations, saying she benefited financially from her relationship with him by taking lavish vacations together.
Both Wade and Willis denied they were in a romantic relationship before their hiring and said the pair would split the costs of their shared rides; Willis said she reimbursed Wade for his share of the rides in cash.
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Former special prosecutor Nathan Wade at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024 in Atlanta. (Alex Slitz-Pool/Getty Images)
Following evidentiary hearings in February, McAfee ordered Wade removed to prevent Willis from being disqualified in Trump’s election interference case.
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“(T)he record now established highlights a significant appearance of impropriety infecting the current structure of the prosecution team, an appearance that must be eliminated by the State’s selection of one of two options,” he wrote, adding that Willis and his entire office can choose to step aside, or Wade can recuse himself from the case.
Wade later resigned as special prosecutor.
In his order, McAfee separately objected to a speech Willis gave at an Atlanta church in January, when she claimed she and Wade were being targeted for scrutiny because of their race. McAfee said her racially charged rhetoric of “playing the race card” was “legally inappropriate.”
Willis did not immediately respond to KeynoteUSA Digital’s request for comment.
Brianna Herlihy is a political writer for KeynoteUSA Digital.
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