Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Robin Rayne for the MDJ
ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday shut the door on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ election interference case against Donald Trump and his supporters.
The high court, in a 4-3 vote, declined to consider Willis’ appeal after the Georgia Court of Appeals disqualified her from prosecuting conspiracy charges against Trump and eight others. The appeals court found an appearance of impropriety in her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor she had assigned to the case.
Three of the judges in the Supreme Court majority concurred that the Willis case was so unique that her appeal was “a poor vehicle” for establishing precedent on when to disqualify a prosecutor for misconduct. (