Why Fani Willis was allowed to stay on as prosecutor of criminal case against Trump in Georgia – and what happens next
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Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Harvard University
(THE CONVERSATION) In an unexpected decision, a Georgia judge ruled that the conspiracy to commit election intereference case against Donald Trump and several associates can continue if Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis either steps aside from the case or fires her former boyfriend, whom she hired as special prosecutor.
The ruling by Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee puts an end to a January 2023 motion to have Willis removed from the case for allegedly having a personal financial stake in the case by “benefiting from her romantic relationship” with Wade through the lavish vacations they took together.
Though Willis acknowledged “a personal relationship,” she...