{"id":2487871,"date":"2025-09-17T18:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/williss-declined-appeal-is-the-latest-in-trump-prosecution-attempts\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:50:11","slug":"williss-declined-appeal-is-the-latest-in-trump-prosecution-attempts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/williss-declined-appeal-is-the-latest-in-trump-prosecution-attempts\/","title":{"rendered":"Willis&#8217;s declined appeal is the latest in Trump prosecution attempts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fwilliss-declined-appeal-is-the-latest-in-trump-prosecution-attempts%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=2487871&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article discusses recent developments<\/a> in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump in Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, which upheld a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-supreme-court-backs-teacher-ousted-for-rejecting-trans-policies\/\" title=\"Virginia Supreme Court Backs Teacher Ousted for Rejecting Trans Policies\">lower court&#8217;<\/a>s ruling that removed her from prosecuting the case due to a conflict of interest. This represents a notable setback for Willis,who had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-signs-first-deal-with-major-u-s-airline-to-provide-free-wi-fi-for-passengers\/\" title=\"SpaceX Signs First Deal With Major U.S. Airline To Provide Free Wi-Fi For Passengers\">initially appeared poised<\/a> to strongly pursue charges against Trump,including under RICO statutes. <\/p>\n<p>Washington Examiner&#8217;s Joe Concha commented that these legal battles have arguably backfired on prosecutors by allowing Trump to dominate media coverage and portray the charges as politically motivated, thus benefiting his public image. Willis was removed from the case after it was revealed she concealed a romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, undermining the prosecution&#8217;s credibility. Wade had testified that Willis began preparing Trump&#8217;s prosecution shortly after the 2020 election but before taking office in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>the case highlights how attempts to prosecute Trump have faced obstacles and ended up reinforcing his narrative of being targeted,all while Trump remains politically influential with control over the White House and Congress. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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\">Fani Willis&rsquo;s declined appeal is latest bump for &lsquo;backfired&rsquo; Trump prosecution: Joe Concha<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2233637\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Concha<\/a> said the latest setback in prosecuting President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3811585\/fed-cuts-interest-rates-first-time-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> further illustrates how the legal battles &ldquo;almost helped&rdquo; Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3809149\/georgia-supreme-court-rejects-fani-willis-appeal-trump-election-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declined to hear an appeal<\/a> from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Tuesday, leaving in place a lower-court ruling that disqualified her from prosecution. Concha noted &ldquo;how times have changed&rdquo; from two years ago, when Trump faced<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2580993\/donald-trump-indictments-ex-president-faces-91-felonies-punishable-by-700-years-in-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> dozens of indictments<\/a> while campaigning for president.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3812810\/pittsburgh-fbi-attack-suspect-in-custody\/\">&#8216;Terror&#8217; suspect in custody after attack on Pittsburgh FBI office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3812323\/california-oregon-washington-hawaii-rfk-vaccine-guidelines\/\">Blue states defy RFK Jr on vaccine policy with their own guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3812790\/spokane-lgbtq-flag-ban\/\">City attorney unable to speculate on whether policy would ban LGBTQ flags<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Fani Willis, two years ago, had Donald Trump lined up for a prison jumpsuit. Open and shut case, it&rsquo;s Fulton County, Georgia, she thought she could go RICO on him. Now she&rsquo;s going to join Trump in being a, probably, a McDonald&rsquo;s employee, the only place that may employ her. And meanwhile, Trump and Melania, where are they today? Getting feted by the king of England in a horse-drawn carriage,&rdquo; Concha said on Wednesday during Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>Kudlow<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3132812&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=e0302e9458fdc8fa247681c52375ced4\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha also said the myriad of legal battles &ldquo;almost helped Trump in the end,&rdquo; as Trump would talk about &ldquo;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-up-with-the-washington-examiner-bidens-trump-proofing-plan-and-gops-war-with-walzs-service-record-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Wake up with the Washington Examiner: Biden\u2019s \u2018...-proofing\u2019 plan and GOP\u2019s war with Walz\u2019s service record - Washington Examiner\">deep state&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and &ldquo;own the news cycle&rdquo; for up to 45 minutes. The candidate, now president, would highlight how his charges were &ldquo;BS,&rdquo; and two years later, none of the legal battles are having any effect while Trump is in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3804944\/top-takeaways-jd-vance-guest-hosting-the-charlie-kirk-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House<\/a> with a Republican-controlled Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This thing backfired in the biggest way possible,&rdquo; Concha said.<\/p>\n<p>Willis was removed from the case following revelations that she had concealed a romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she hired in 2021. Defense attorneys alleged the relationship constituted a conflict of interest and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kissel-and-olivastro-corporate-activism-is-helping-undermine-confidence-in-our-elections\/\" title=\"KISSEL And OLIVASTRO: Corporate Activism Is Helping Undermine Confidence In Our Elections\">undermined public confidence<\/a> in the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3811195\/luigi-mangione-dropped-charges-bad-violence-joe-concha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>LUIGI MANGIONE&rsquo;S DROPPED CHARGES A BAD SIGN FOR STOPPING POLITICAL VIOLENCE: JOE CONCHA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wade testified before Congress in October and said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3196724\/nathan-wade-fani-willis-jumpstarted-trump-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Willis had started preparations for Trump&rsquo;s prosecutions<\/a> before she took office in January 2021. He confirmed Willis began outreach for a Trump-related search committee &ldquo;sometime&rdquo; after the 2020 election, but before she took office.<\/p>\n<p>Trump poked fun at Willis and Wade in an edited video he uploaded on X. The video shows Wade romantically thinking of Willis as Marvin Gaye&rsquo;s &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s Get It On&rdquo; plays. The original video features Wade giving a lengthy pause when asked if he ever went to a cabin with Willis, eventually saying &ldquo;no.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gZgTprtUvt\">pic.twitter.com\/gZgTprtUvt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1968134929080082432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2025<\/a><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/figure>\n<\/div><\/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>Fani Willis&#8217;s appeal denial highlights &#8216;backfired&#8217; Trump case: Concha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2487872,"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\/2025\/09\/AP24170779612010.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[63565,32869,32603,38045,15093],"class_list":["post-2487871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-declined-appeal","tag-legal-battle","tag-political-news","tag-trump-prosecution","tag-willis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP24170779612010.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487871","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2487871"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487875,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487871\/revisions\/2487875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2487872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2487871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2487871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2487871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}