Fulton County DA asks appeals court to keep her on Trump case | National News

“There being no error by the trial court, the present application merely reflects the applicants’ dissatisfaction with the trial court’s proper application of well-established law to the facts,” Willis and her team wrote in the 19-page brief. “Because the applicants have wholly failed to carry their burden of persuasion, this Court should decline interlocutory review.”

Trump wants Willis off the case. Last month, Trump and eight other defendants appealed a judge’s decision to allow Willis to remain on the case after she had a romantic relationship with the lead prosecutor in the case.

“While the trial court factually found DA Willis’s out-of-court statements were improper and Defendants proved an apparent conflict of interest, the trial court erred as a matter of law by not requiring dismissal and DA Willis disqualification,” attorneys for Trump and eight other defendants wrote in the appeal. “This legal error requires the Court’s immediate review.”

Judge Scott McAfee, overseeing Trump’s election interference racketeering case in Georgia, said Willis could remain on the case if she removed lead prosecutor Nathan Wade, her one-time lover. Wade resigned after that ruling.

In August 2023, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Trump and 18 others on charges they tried to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Trump has pleaded not guilty.