{"id":2296655,"date":"2024-07-16T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T21:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-appeals-court-sets-fani-willis-removal-hearing-after-2024-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T17:05:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T21:05:55","slug":"georgia-appeals-court-schedules-fani-willis-removal-hearing-post-2024-election-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-appeals-court-schedules-fani-willis-removal-hearing-post-2024-election-washington-examiner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia appeals court schedules Fani Willis removal hearing post-2024 election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgia-appeals-court-schedules-fani-willis-removal-hearing-post-2024-election-washington-examiner-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2296655&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200cGeorgia\u200c Court of Appeals has scheduled a hearing for Donald\u200d Trump&#8217;s\u2063 attempt to remove Fulton County\u2064 District Attorney Fani Willis from \u200bhis case for December 5,\u200b 2024, one month after the 2024 presidential election. This decision comes after an earlier\u2064 announcement that the hearing would take place\u200c in early October. The delay in the appeal process raises concerns\u2062 about the future of the case, especially if Trump\u200b were\u200d to return to the Oval Office in 2025. The case \u2062revolves around allegations of a conflict of interest due \u2064to a secret \u200drelationship between Willis \u200band her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-happens-if-fani-willis-is-disqualified-in-the-trump-election-case\/\" title=\"What if Fani Willis is disqualified in the Trump election case\">hired special prosecutor<\/a>, Nathan \u200bWade.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Georgia appeals court sets Fani Willis removal hearing after 2024 election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1693691\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia<\/a> Court of Appeals on Tuesday set the hearing for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s effort to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from his case for Dec. 5, one month after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 presidential election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ivanka-trump-will-be-forced-to-testify-in-fathers-trial-after-judges-ruling\/\" title=\"Ivanka Trump to testify in father&#039;s trial following judge&#039;s ruling.\">appeals court previously<\/a> said the hearing over whether Willis can remain on the case would be set for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3026537\/fani-willis-october-appeals-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>early October<\/a>. Now the appeal will not be heard until a month after the Nov. 5 rematch between Trump and President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>, a dire sign for the case&rsquo;s future.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appears during a hearing on Nov. 21, 2023, in Atlanta. (Dennis Byron\/Hip Hop Enquirer via AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fulton County Superior Court Judge&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2583717\/donald-trump-indicted-who-is-scott-mcafee-the-judge-presiding-over-ex-presidents-fulton-county-case-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scott McAfee<\/a>&nbsp;declined to remove Willis from the case earlier this year after Trump and several of his co-defendants alleged there was a conflict of interest following revelations of a secret relationship between Willis and her hired special prosecutor, Nathan Wade. <\/p>\n<p>Trump appealed McAfee&rsquo;s decision, teeing off a further delay in the case and raising questions about whether it would move forward at all if Trump were to return to the Oval Office in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former president was first indicted last August alongside 18 others in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indictment-co-defendant-chesebro-makes-surprise-speedy-trial-request\/\" title=\"Co-defendant Chesebro unexpectedly demands &#039;speedy trial&#039; in Donald Trump indictment.\">sweeping racketeering case<\/a> that alleged he formed a criminal enterprise to subvert the state&rsquo;s election results.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and will be updated<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Read the order from the appeals court:<\/p>\n<p style=\" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;\"> <a title=\"View Oral Argument - COA on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/751006983\/Oral-Argument-COA#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Oral Argument &ndash; COA<\/a> by <a title=\"View Kaelan Deese's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/624431598\/Kaelan-Deese#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kaelan Deese<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Oral Argument - COA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/751006983\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-7FBysoW43rvP4T96sFCb\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.75\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_50158\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1693691\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1693691\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Georgia Court of Appeals has scheduled a hearing for former President Donald Trump&#8217;s attempt to have Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis removed from his case for December 5, 2024, which is one month after the presidential election. This delay in the hearing raises concerns about the future of the case, especially if Trump were to return to the presidency in 2025. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee previously rejected Trump&#8217;s request to remove Willis from the case due to a conflict of interest, leading to the appeal and further delays. Trump and several co-defendants were indicted last August in a racketeering case related to election interference. This is an ongoing situation and will be updated as more information becomes available<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2296656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-23-May-2024-09-35-PM-4098.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32324,35250,4977,35251],"class_list":["post-2296655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-appeals-court","tag-fani-willis","tag-georgia","tag-removal-hearing"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-23-May-2024-09-35-PM-4098.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2296656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2296655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2296655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}