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The Guardian - US
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George Chidi and agency

Court pauses Trump’s Georgia election case as it mulls disqualifying prosecutor

a woman in a red dress sits in court
Fani Willis attends a hearing on the Georgia election interference case in Atlanta on 1 March 2024. Photograph: Alex Slitz/Reuters

The Georgia court of appeals has put a hold on the trial of Donald Trump and other defendants while it considers whether to disqualify the Fulton county district attorney, Fani Willis, the lead prosecutor in the case.

Trump had appealed an order by the Fulton county superior court judge Scott McAfee that declined to disqualify Willis after bombshell revelations about a romantic relationship with her chosen special prosecutor. As part of their effort to dismiss the case, Trump and his co-defendants alleged Willis’s relationship meant she should be recused from the case.

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