In October, a Georgia appeals court will review arguments about whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from prosecuting Donald Trump over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. This timeline is likely to delay the trial until after the November 5 election.
The central issue is whether Willis' prosecution is compromised due to her past affair with her former top deputy, whom she hired to work on the investigation. Trump's legal team has cited this affair as grounds to challenge her involvement in the case. However, the trial judge ruled in March that Willis could continue on the case.
This Georgia election interference case is one of three criminal trials Trump faces, all of which have been postponed for various reasons.
Recently, Trump became the first former president in US history to be convicted of a crime. A New York City jury found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
The Georgia appeals court has not set a specific date in October for the arguments on Willis' disqualification, but the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that it will be heard on October 4.
Additionally, Willis plans to ask the court to overturn a lower court ruling that dismissed several counts against Trump in the 2020 election subversion case, arguing that the indictment was not detailed enough to support those charges.
