Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a portrait in Atlanta, April 19, 2023.
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Lawyers for former President Donald Trump said in a court filing Friday they’ll appeal a Georgia judge’s recent ruling that keeps an Atlanta prosecutor accountable for her criminal investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results.
Trump’s team is searching for to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and effectively cripple her probe case by barring evidence she collected through a special grand jury.
The Georgia state Supreme Court last month denied an analogous request by the previous president, on to that prime court, on the grounds that he was searching for that relief too early, without lower courts ruling first.
Whether the Supreme Court will look in a different way on any appeal by Trump of the lower court’s recent denial stays to be seen.
Friday’s filing got here as Willis’ decision on whether to indict Trump and his legal allies looked as if it would move even closer. Willis has said she plans to announce that call by the start of September.
On Friday, Fulton County court officials said starting Monday and continuing until Aug. 18., a significant street next to the courthouse “will likely be closed to general traffic.”
The 2 right lanes of the road, Pryor Street, “will likely be parking for media,” officials said in a press release.
Willis previously asked the court’s chief judge to not schedule in-person trials or hearings over the subsequent two weeks.
If the DA indicts Trump, it’s going to be the fourth time the Republican presidential candidate has been criminally charged.
On Tuesday, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted Trump for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss nationally to President Joe Biden. Trump pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Thursday.
He individually is charged in a federal case in Florida with retaining classified documents after leaving the White House, and in Recent York state court with falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
