Tag Archives: Fani Willis

CBS News reports: The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must be removed from the 2020 election case against President-elect Donald Trump, reversing a trial judge’s decision that allowed her to remain on the case. Trump and more than a dozen allies were charged last year by Fulton County prosecutors related to …

The Associated Press reports: An Alabama man pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer because he was angry over the election-interference investigation into former President Donald Trump. Arthur Ray Hanson II made the phone calls just over a week before Trump and 18 others were indicted …

“Then I got two prosecutors. Fani…the ho. [Audience roars.] I’m sorry. Fawny! Forny! F-A-N-I is not Fawny. And I’m not calling her Fawny. I could drop the ‘ho’ part if she’d just quit and go away. But to me, if you spell your name F-A-N-I, you’re Fanny.” – Bankrupt and effectively disbarred former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, speaking at yet …

Atlanta’s ABC affiliate reports: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has filed court documents to appeal the decision to throw out several charges against several of the defendants in the Georgia election interference case. Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee ruled in March that six of the charges in the indictment be quashed because they lack sufficient detail. They were …

The Associated Press reports: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought a sprawling racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and others, has won the Democratic primary in her bid for reelection. Willis defeated progressive attorney Christian Wise Smith in the primary election and is now set to face off against Republican Courtney Kramer in the …

ABC News reports: An appeals court in Georgia has agreed to take up former President Donald Trump’s appeal of the Fani Willis disqualification ruling that ultimately allowed her to remain on the Georgia election interference case — a move that could significantly delay the case against the former president. The Georgia Court of Appeals, in a one-page order, said they …

From the Justice Department: Marc Shultz, 66, of Chula Vista, California has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on charges of transmitting interstate threats to injure Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis because of her prosecution of Former President Donald Trump. Shultz made his initial appearance in federal court in San Diego, California on May 2, 2024, …

The Washington Post reports: Former President Donald Trump and other defendants accused of illegally trying to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia on Friday submitted a formal application to appeal a judge’s ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee earlier this month found that there was not a …

CNN reports: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Saturday that “the train is coming,” referring to her team’s preparation for the case against former President Donald Trump and his 14 co-defendants and whether she was slowed down by attempts to remove her from the case. Willis, who avoided being disqualified from the election subversion case after more than two …

CNN reports: Fani Willis, the embattled Fulton County District Attorney, plans to press ahead with her goal of putting Donald Trump on trial before the November election, and intends to ask the judge presiding over the Georgia criminal case to schedule a trial date as soon as this summer, according to three people familiar with her thinking. It’s a bold …

The Associated Press reports: The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case cleared the way Wednesday for Donald Trump and other defendants to appeal a ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the prosecution. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee granted a request by defense attorneys seeking permission to ask the Georgia Court of Appeals to …

Reuters reports: Donald Trump on Monday asked a Georgia judge to allow him to appeal a ruling keeping the lead prosecutor on the state’s criminal case against the former U.S. president over his attempts to overturn his election defeat. The filing by Trump, the Republican presidential challenger, and several of his co-defendants, continues their effort to disqualify Fulton County District …

Atlanta’s ABC affiliate reports: Either Fani Willis goes or Nathan Wade does – that was the ruling from Fulton County Superior Court Scott McAfee on Friday in the Georgia election interference case. Channel 2 Action News confirms that Fulton County District Attorney’s Office has accepted special prosecutor Nathan Wade’s resignation from the election interference case. In the letter, it says …

“While respecting the Court’s decision, we believe that the Court did not afford appropriate significance to the prosecutorial misconduct of Willis and Wade, including the financial benefits, testifying untruthfully about when their personal relationship began, as well as Willis’ extrajudicial MLK ‘church speech,’ where she played the race card and falsely accused the defendants and their counsel of racism. We …

NBC News reports: A Georgia judge ruled Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should not be disqualified from prosecuting the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and several co-defendants — with one major condition. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee found the “appearance of impropriety” brought about by Willis’s romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade …

ABC News reports: Judge Scott McAfee said his long-awaited ruling on the effort to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis “should” come out Friday. “I made a promise to everybody. These kind of orders take time to write. I need to make sure I say exactly what I want to, and I plan to stick to the timeline I …

The Washington Post reports: A lawyer billed as the “star witness” in the case to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) testified Tuesday that it was mere “speculation” when he told a defense attorney that Willis began a romantic relationship in 2019 with the outside lawyer she appointed to lead the case against Donald Trump, years earlier …

Axios reports: A Fulton County judge will hear arguments on March 1 over efforts to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis from Georgia’s 2020 election interference case against former President Trump. A ruling by Judge Scott McAfee to remove Willis from the case or adjust charges, as Trump and other co-defendants have sought, would have massive implications for the case — …

USA Today reports: A second day of testimony resumes Friday in the Georgia hearing to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will be disqualified from the trial of Donald Trump and 14 remaining co-defendants on charges of election interference. Defense lawyers contend Willis and Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired for the case, should be removed because …

NBC News reports: The judge presiding over the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump on Thursday will hear misconduct allegations that could lead to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ disqualification. The highly anticipated hearing is set to focus on whether Willis personally benefited from a relationship with the lead prosecutor in the case, when the relationship …