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Edward Helmore

Fani Willis: ‘Train is coming’ for Trump despite efforts to derail Georgia case

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Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis attends a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, March 1, 2024, in Atlanta. Photograph: Alex Slitz/Reuters

The Georgia prosecutor overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case in that state promised on Saturday that “the train is coming” for him despite defense efforts to derail her office’s pursuit of charges against the former president and nearly two dozen co-defendants.

Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis’s remarks came after a court challenge centering on a romantic relationship that she had with a special prosecutor whom she appointed to the case, Nathan Wade. After the relationship was exposed, Wade stepped down from the prosecution to defuse any appearances of a potential conflict of interest and so Willis could stay on the case.

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