Georgia’s Supreme Court denies Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s requirement to review his ability to prosecute President Trump and others Allegations of illegally undermining the results of the 2020 election. Here is the ruling you need to know about the Georgia Supreme Court decision:
Supreme Court Ruling
Most justices refused to review Willis’ disqualification:
- In Tuesday’s ruling, Georgia Supreme Court justice refused to accept Willis’ request to review her qualifications for prosecution of Trump and other co-defendants
- Election conspiracy case centers on Trump’s refusal to 2020 results
- Court of Appeals initiated Willis from the case after discovering she hired boyfriend Nathan Wade as a special prosecutor to handle the case
- Willis paid Wade more than typical and the two went on a luxury trip together
Conflict of interest discovery
The following court determined that Willis had misconduct in the filing of the case:
- Willis allegedly uses county funds to help with Covid-19-Backlog case payment for Wade
- The lower court held that Willis had conflicts of interest and misconduct in the filing of the case
- Wade also deleted from the dispute handling
- Georgia Supreme Court refuses to review lower court lawsuits
Judicial reasoning
The judge explained the court’s reasons for denial:
- Judge Andrew A.
- Decided that there seemed to be five justices, three
- The other two did not participate
- In January, Willis called on Georgia’s Superior Court
The future of the prosecution
Legal experts say another district attorney can take over the case:
- With Willis’ remaining cases, nonprofit prosecutor Georgia’s Lawyer Committee can oversee investigation
- If the District Attorney does not want to take over Willis’ case, the charges can be dropped
- In August 2023, Fulton County sued Trump, with 18 other charges involved in conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results
- State alleged defendants violate Georgia racket-affected and corrupt organizations in an attempt to overturn Democrat Joseph R. Biden’s narrow official victory
Republican celebrations
The governor’s lieutenant will decide to end as a “political circus”:
- Georgia Gov. Burt Jones, Republicans celebrated the ruling and noted that Willis was also sued as part of the case.
- Willis has participated in Jones’ democratic rival fundraising
- “The Supreme Court just closed Fani Willis. Her political circus is over. She follows myself, President Trump and all of our conservative values, and has now lost twice.”
- “Georgia should be better than DAs who arm the justice system weapons for their own political interests”
Conservative legal response
Advocacy group calls on Willis to face punishment:
- Mike Davis, president of Conservative Legal Advocate Group’s Title 3 Project, calls for Willis to face punishment for using taxes for political litigation
- “Fani Willis hired her stupid, unqualified boyfriend to follow Trump and 18 people.
- Davis said: “She accepted illegal kickbacks. She lied to them under oath. She was disqualified. The Georgia Supreme Court refused to hear her appeal.
- The decision of the conservative group is evidence of concerns about prosecuting misconduct
Read more:
• Georgia’s Supreme Court rejects Fani Willis’s call to remove him from Trump
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