An appeals court is set to potentially hear arguments in October regarding the appeal of a lower court ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. The Georgia Court of Appeals has docketed the appeals filed by nine defendants in the case, with a tentative oral argument scheduled for October 4. The court is expected to rule by mid-March, indicating that the election interference case is unlikely to go to trial before the November general election, where Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee.
The appeal will be decided by a three-judge panel of the intermediate appeals court, consisting of Judge Trenton Brown, Judge Todd Markle, and Judge Benjamin Land. Following the panel's ruling, the losing side may seek an appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court.
