Georgia Lawyer Normal Chris Carr is urging the state Supreme Courtroom to reject an attraction by Fulton County District Lawyer Fani Willis, after she was faraway from the election interference case in opposition to President-elect Trump.
Earlier this month, a Georgia courtroom of appeals disqualified Willis from the Georgia election interference case in opposition to Trump and others, citing an “appearance of impropriety.” The panel additionally cited the romantic relationship between Willis and particular prosecutor Nathan Wade.
On Monday, the state’s lead lawyer, who introduced plans to run for governor in November, posted an announcement on social media relating to the ruling in opposition to Willis.
“The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that the Fulton County DA created her own conflict and rightfully removed her from the case against President-elect Trump,” Carr wrote. “‘Lawfare’ has turn into far too widespread in American politics, and it should finish.
GEORGIA APPEALS COURT DISQUALIFIES DA FANI WILLIS AND HER TEAM FROM TRUMP ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr speaks to supporters at a campaign event on November 7, 2022, in Kennesaw, Georgia. Carr urged the state Supreme Court to not consider an appeal from Fulton County DA Fani Willis in the case against President-elect Trump for election interference, this week. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)
“As such, I’d encourage the Georgia Supreme Courtroom to not take her attraction,” Carr continued. “It’s our hope that the DA will now focus taxpayer sources on the profitable prosecution of violent criminals in Fulton County.”
Willis, who was spearheading the sweeping prosecution case against Trump, came under fire after she was accused in February of having an “improper” affair with particular prosecutor Wade, whom she had employed to assist prosecute the case.
FANI WILLIS WAS ‘TERRIFIED’ BECAUSE HER CASE AGAINST TRUMP WAS ‘WEAK,’ ATTORNEY SAYS
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024, in Atlanta. (Alex Slitz-Pool/Getty Images)
Wade was ultimately forced to step down from the prosecution team.
The court did not toss Trump’s indictment entirely, but Willis and the assistant DAs working in her office now have “no authority to proceed.”
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“After fastidiously contemplating the trial courtroom’s findings in its order, we conclude that it erred by failing to disqualify DA Willis and her workplace,” the court filing read. “The treatment crafted by the trial courtroom to stop an ongoing look of impropriety did nothing to deal with the looks of impropriety that existed at instances when DA Willis was exercising her broad pretrial discretion about who to prosecute and what prices to convey.”
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
