« The Georgia trial will not happen before the November election, » former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Newsweek.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis « botched » the election interference case against former President Donald Trump that was expected to go to trial before this year’s presidential election, former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Newsweek.
Since Willis indicted Trump and 18 co-conspirators in a sweeping racketeering case in August, the Democratic district attorney has been widely attacked by Republicans. Things came to a head earlier this year when one of the co-defendants revealed in a court filing that Willis was in a romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, one of her special prosecutors.
Arguing that their relationship presented a conflict of interest, the defendants in the case were granted a hearing on their efforts to disqualify Willis, but the motion was denied by Judge Scott McAfee. Nonetheless, Trump and his allies moved to appeal McAfee’s ruling, and on Wednesday, the Georgia Court of Appeals agreed to reconsider the disqualification decision—a development that will likely present obstacles for the case to go to trial before November.
« The Georgia trial will not happen before the November election, » Rahmani said.
