On Thursday, Georgia prosecutors announced their decision to appeal a judge’s ruling that dismissed some criminal counts in the 2020 election subversion case against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and several of his allies.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who oversees the case, stated that a state appeals court’s decision to review Trump’s bid to disqualify her office from the case also permits the court to examine other rulings.
This case is one of four criminal prosecutions Trump faces as he attempts to unseat Democratic President Joe Biden in a November 5 election rematch.
Willis plans to request that the appeals court overturn Judge Scott McAfee’s March ruling, which dismissed six counts, including three against Trump. These counts accused the defendants of soliciting Georgia officials to violate their oaths of office. McAfee ruled that the indictment lacked sufficient detail to support those charges but left the rest of the case intact.
The Georgia appeals court is already considering a request by Trump and eight other defendants to disqualify Willis’ office from prosecuting the case, citing her romantic relationship with a former top deputy as a conflict of interest.
Trump and 14 co-defendants have pleaded not guilty to racketeering and other charges, which prosecutors allege stemmed from a scheme to overturn Trump’s narrow defeat in Georgia in the 2020 election. Four others initially charged in the case have pleaded guilty in deals with prosecutors.
