NEW: Georgia Appeals Court Will Hear Appeal of Fani Willis Disqualification

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A Georgia appeals court has agreed to hear the Trump legal team’s appeal of a ruling by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee regarding their motion to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis from the prosecution of Trump and 18 others on charges of election interference and racketeering.

In March, after several days of a contentious testimonial hearing regarding Willis’ relationship with Nathan Wade, the man she hired to serve as special prosecutor on the case, and the ethical implications of their romantic and financial entanglement, McAfee ruled that Willis could remain on the case, but only if Wade were to be taken off it.

Shortly after that ruling, Trump and his co-defendants moved to have the matter certified for immediate appeal. McAfee then granted that motion and certified the case.

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Now, the appellate court has agreed to hear the case.

Georgia’s state Court of Appeals said Wednesday that it will consider an appeal from former President Donald Trump challenging the decision not to disqualify Fani Willis as the district attorney overseeing the 2016 election interference charges against him.

The order said that Trump can file a notice of appeal within the next 10 days.

A lawyer for Trump, Steve Sadow, said in a statement that the former president “looks forward” to arguing before the appeals court that the case should be dismissed and Willis disqualified “for her misconduct in this unjustified, unwarranted political persecution.”

While Trump himself is likely more focused on the current trial going on in Manhattan, where he’s been spending four out of five days a week for the past several (and for several more to come), his team will undoubtedly file the requisite Notice of Appeal shortly.

From a practical standpoint, it seems unlikely the Georgia case will see a realistic trial setting before the election in November. Meanwhile, the federal classified documents case in Florida appears to be further delayed, compliments of some shoddy lawyering by the Department of Justice.

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