Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is expected to decide in the coming days whether District Attorney Fani Willis can continue prosecuting the case against former President Donald Trump that charges him with leading a conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election.
McAfee’s decision will come after lawyers for Trump and his 14 co-defendants make closing arguments following two days of contentious court hearings last week over a motion to remove the Fulton D.A. following accusations of prosecutorial misconduct by enriching herself during a romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she hired for the case in November 2021.
Willis has strongly denied allegations that she or Wade misappropriated taxpayer funds for personal gain because of their relationship outside of the workplace. The motion to disqualify her is centered on that issue, as opposed to the recently disclosed nature of the romantic relationship between Willis and Wade.
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